"If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the othe…"

"For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen … tha…"

"Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a …"

"What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefo…"

"What a visitation! Miss Martineau is the more formidable friend, however—Mrs. Jameson will be contented with a little…"

"Of all these ornamented human creatures the one I take most delight in is Harriet Martineau. The horrid picture in Fr…"

"After all, she is a trump—the only Englishwoman that possesses thoroughly the art of writing."

"I hope you have contradicted the story of my writing to Miss Martineau. I cannot understand how it originated except …"

"He [Hans Christian Andersen] met a deaf lady with a long ear-trumpet at a garden party; she wrote "political things,"…"

"I think I neglected to record that I saw Miss Martineau, a few weeks since. She is a large, robust (one might almost …"