strenious

Updated: May 14, 2025

"Yes," sez he, "but if we do succeed, after the most strenious efforts in getting the duty off champagne, green turtle, olives, etc., and put on to sugar, tea, cotton cloth and such like, with all this brain fag and brain labor " "And tongue labor!" sez I in a icy axent. "Yes, after all this ceaseless toil the common people will not show any gratitude; we statesmen labor oft with aching hearts."

Marietta Holley - Samantha on the Woman Question