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Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
Philosopher
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Bronson Alcott
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Real
Measured
Treatment
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Opposition strengthens the manly will.
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Nature is thought immersed in matter. . .
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Every sin provokes its punishment.
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All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.
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A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
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Conversation is an abandonment to ideas, a surrender to persons.
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