Quote by Elizabeth Blackwell
The idea of winning a doctors degree gradually assumed the aspect

The idea of winning a doctors degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me. – Elizabeth Blackwell

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I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart. – Elizabeth Blackwell

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For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women. – Elizabeth Blackwell

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A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel. – Elizabeth Blackwell

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I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to get an application from the Juilliard School but they wouldnt even give me one because I didnt have my high school graduation. – Maureen Forrester

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. – Francis Bacon, Essays, 1625

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The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving. – Russell Green

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If you feel that you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you. – Robert Goheen, Time, 23 June 1961

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