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A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
Amos Bronson Alcott
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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
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Without a mythology, faith is impersonal and heartless.
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The more one endeavors to sound the depths of his ignorance the deeper the chasm appears.
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Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep.
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Time ripens the substance of a life as the seasons mellow and perfect its fruits. The best apples fall latest and keep longest.
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Civilization degrades many in order to exalt the few.
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Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
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Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty.
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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
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Ideas in the head set hands about their several tasks.
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Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.
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