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The exact sciences, which would be considered a priori as little adapted to women, for example mathematics, astronomy and physics, are exactly those in which thus far they have most distinguished themselves. This contains a warning against too precipitate conclusions about the intellectual life of woman.

~Ellen Key

Topics: About Adapted Against Astronomy Conclusions Considered Contains Distinguished Exact Exactly Example Far For Example Intellectual Intellectual Life Life Little Mathematics Most Physics Sciences Themselves Those Thus Too Warning Which Woman Women Would

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In every new generation, the impulses supposed to have been rooted out by discipline in the child break forth again when the struggle for existence - of the individual in society, of the society in the life of the state - begins. These passions are not transformed by the prevalent education of the day, but only repressed.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Again Been Begins Break Child Day Discipline Education Every Existence Forth Generation Impulses Individual Life New New Generation Only Out Passions Repressed Rooted Society State Struggle Supposed Transformed

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When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

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Topics: Does Ideal Imagination Limit Need Paints

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It is not sufficient for the young to devote their enthusiasm, their courage, their ambition, their self-sacrifice to the great ideas of the time; the young must not only preserve but increase their powers if they are to be really equal to their eternal task: that of drawing the age in advance.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Advance Age Ambition Courage Devote Drawing Enthusiasm Equal Eternal Great Great Ideas Ideas Increase Must Only Powers Preserve Really Self-Sacrifice Sufficient Task Time Young

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Unless one believes in a superhuman reason which directs evolution, one is bound to believe in a reason inherent in humanity, a motive power transcending that of each separate people, just as the power of the organism transcends that of the organ. This reason increases in proportion as the unity of mankind becomes established.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Becomes Believe Believes Bound Each Established Evolution Humanity Increases Inherent Just Mankind Motive Organ Organism People Power Proportion Reason Separate Superhuman Transcends Unity Unless Which

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Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

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Topics: Duty Fidelity Itself Liberty Observation Pledge

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Lack of courage or means often deters the European woman from more independent business activity, and this in spite of increasing freedom to choose her occupation, in spite of brilliant examples of successful undertakings of women, in photography, hotel or boarding-house management, dress-making, etc.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Activity Brilliant Business Choose Courage Etc European Examples Freedom Her Hotel Increasing Independent Lack Management Means More Occupation Often Photography Spite Successful Woman Women

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The condition of all development is not to be content with the present, but to have the courage to ask how everything can be made better and the good fortune to find a right answer to this question in thought or in action.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Action Answer Ask Better Condition Content Courage Development Everything Find Fortune Good Good Fortune How Made Present Question Right Thought

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When psychical phenomena have been as much investigated as physical, love will also receive its cumatology - that is, its science of waves. We shall follow the curves of the emotions through the ages, their movement of rise and fall, the oppositions and side-influences by which they have been determined.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Ages Also Been Curves Determined Emotions Fall Follow Love Movement Much Phenomena Physical Receive Rise Science Shall Through Waves Which Will

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Men have desired, and justly, that women should learn from their confessions in regard to the conflict between man and woman. But woman, because of the conventional conception of womanly purity, has been intimidated from conceding to men a deep insight into her erotic life experiences.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Because Been Between Conception Confessions Conflict Conventional Deep Desired Experiences Her Insight Intimidated Justly Learn Life Life Experiences Man Men Purity Regard Should Woman Womanly Women

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Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Writer

Born: December 11th, 1849

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