You cannot study anything persistently for years without becoming learned.
In plain words
Mitchell promised her students that years of steady study always pay off. Stick with it long enough and you become an expert.
Where these words come from
- 93% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals (comp. Phebe Mitchell Kendall, 1896) — Project Gutenberg #10202, from her Vassar lecture notes, c. 1865-1885.
- Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals (comp. Phebe Mitchell Kendall, 1896) — Project Gutenberg #10202
- circa 1865-1885 · Vassar College · from her astronomy lecture notes on steady study
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