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Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.

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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
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Genius--the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.
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Creeds, like other goods, pass by inheritance to descendants.
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Hold fast, therefore, O circular philosopher, to thy centre, and drive the globe along its orbit by the momentum of thy thought.
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Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.
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I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.
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Right is the royal ruler alone and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.
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