Alice Meynell
1847 - 1922
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Biography
Alice Meynell (1847-1922) was a British writer, editor, and suffragist. She was known for her poetry, essays, and literary criticism, often focusing on themes of nature, motherhood, and spiritual beliefs. Meynell was a prominent figure in the Victorian literary scene and was highly regarded for her elegant and insightful writing. She also played a significant role in the women's suffrage movement, advocating for equal rights and opportunities for women.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.
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A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of years in the life to follow will not seem to throw it further back - it is already so far.
3
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
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The sense of humor seems to be more than a match for the cruelest intensity of pain. It announces the pain, inclines us to take it in hand, to play with it, to come to terms with it.
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All the past is but a beginning of a beginning.