Mary Ellen Chase Quotes

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There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

Mary Ellen Chase

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.

Mary Ellen Chase

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.

Mary Ellen Chase

Whatever laudable qualities the English may possess in their selection, preparation, and consumption of food, elegance, originality, diversity, and imagination are not among them.

Mary Ellen Chase

The order and harmony of her house were necessary to the order and harmony of her mind and spirit.

Mary Ellen Chase

To lovers of the long and intricate history of language the disuse and final death of certain words is a matter of regret. Yet every age bears witness to the inevitableness of such loss.

Mary Ellen Chase

The greatest danger in any argument is that real issues are often clouded by superficial ones, that momentary passions may obscure permanent realities.

Mary Ellen Chase

Mary Ellen Chase

Mary Ellen Chase

Born: February 24, 1887

Died: July 28, 1973 (aged 86)

Bio: Mary Ellen Chase was an American educator, teacher, scholar, and author. She is regarded as one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century.

Known for:

Silas Crockett (1935)
Windswept (1941)
The lovely ambition (1960)
The Girl From The Big Horn Country (1916)
A journey to Boston (1965)

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