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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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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Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total abstinence. – Samuel Butler

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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. – Aristotle

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