Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: January 28, 1844 - January 28, 1911
Birthday: January 28
Death: January 28
The distractions, the exhaustions, the savage noises, the demands of town life, are, for me, mortal enemies to thought, to sleep,and to study; its extremes of squalor and of splendor do not stimulate, but sadden me; certain phases of its society I profoundly value, but would sacrifice them to the heaven of country quiet, if I had to choose between.
topic: Rural Life, Squalor, Mortal Enemies
