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Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

CHAPTER IX
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If she have a distaste to the homely routine of life, leave her the opportunity to try any other career, but let her understand that she stands or falls by herself.
"...

Not every girl should go to college.

The over-burdened mother of a large family has a right to be aided by her daughter's hands.

I would aid the mother and not the daughter.
"I would not put the exceptionally smart girl from a _very_ poor family into college, unless she is a genius; and a genius should wait some years to _prove_ her genius.
"Endow the already established institution with money.

Endow the woman who shows genius with _time_.
"A case at Johns Hopkins University is an excellent one.


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