The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

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There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will. Behind...

There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will. Behind...

New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so...

New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so...

Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without...

Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without...

Eternity is not something that begins after you're dead. It is going on all the...

Eternity is not something that begins after you're dead. It is going on all the...

But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light...

But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light...

To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure...

To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure...

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. Might as...

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. Might as...

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well...

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well...

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to...

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to...

Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive.

Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive.

A concept is stronger than a fact.

A concept is stronger than a fact.

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with...

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with...

In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.

In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.

When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by...

When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by...

Eternity is not something that begins after you're dead. It is going on all the...

Eternity is not something that begins after you're dead. It is going on all the...

To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating...

To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating...

The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her...

The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her...

Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly...

Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly...