'Failures,' he said, holding up his fingers for emphasis, 'are with heroic minds the stepping stones to success.''' Goodson claimed these words helped maintain her resolve throughout her career. Her younger sister Ethel, who accompanied Goodson to Vienna, was especially close to her and Goodson was bereft when, early in her career, Ethel moved to Hungary to become a governess, claiming that without her ``there seemed no one to whom I could have a real heart to heart talk and who would understand my longings and aspirations''.
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