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“ There, little girl, don't read,You're fond of your books, I know,But Brother might mopeIf he had no hopeOf getting ahead of you.It's dull for a boy who cannot lead.There, little girl, don't read. ”

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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give values to survival.

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Alice Duer Miller Friendship Philosophy Survival

It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child's curiosity and then when he lacks a natural interest in learning he is offered special coaching for his scholastic coaching for his scholastic difficulties.

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Alice Duer Miller Children Education Fire Suppression

We are not really senseless, and we are not angels, too,But very human beings, human just as much as you.It's hard upon occasions to be forceful and sublimeWhen you're treated as incompetents three-quarters of the time.

~ Alice Duer Miller

Alice Duer Miller Feminism

Mother, what is a Feminist?A feminist, my daughter,Is any woman now who caresTo think about her own affairsAs men don't think she oughter.

~ Alice Duer Miller

Alice Duer Miller Feminism