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Quote by Elizabeth Blackwell
I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life

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

Other quotes by Elizabeth Blackwell

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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Graduation
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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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respect
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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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Virtue
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Sad and sweet and wise Here a child reposes Dust is on his eyes, Quietly he lies – Satan, strew Roses. – Robert Williams Buchanan

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I think its a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. Its a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but thats not the only reason to work. You couldnt have paid me not to write. – Anne Perry

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