Quote by Elizabeth Blackwell
For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virt

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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respect
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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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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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sad
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All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. – Aristotle

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With virtue you cant be entirely poor; without virtue you cant really be rich. – Chinese Proverb

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Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal. – Horace Mann, "Thoughts for a Young Man," 1859

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If weve learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot federalize virtue. – George Bush

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