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Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
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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A birthday is a good time to begin a new throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.
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Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.
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