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Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

CHAPTER IX
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Poverty is a misfortune; misfortunes are often the result of blamable indiscretion, extravagance, etc.
"It is one of the many blessings of poverty that one is not obliged to 'give wisely.'" 1866.

_To her students:_ "I cannot expect to make astronomers, but I do expect that you will invigorate your minds by the effort at healthy modes of thinking....

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.
"...

But star-gazing is not science.

The entrance to astronomy is through mathematics.


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