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Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.
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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The less routine the more life.
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Pleasure, that immortal essence, the beauteous bead sparkling in the cup, effervesces soon and subsides.
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