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Many can argue - not many converse.

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 government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
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Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.
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Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.
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Of books in our time the variety is so voluminous, and they follow so fast from the press, that one must be a swift reader to acquaint himself even with their titles, and wise to discern what are worth reading.
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Ideas in the head set hands about their several tasks.
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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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The more one endeavors to sound the depths of his ignorance the deeper the chasm appears.
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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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A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
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The best teachers don't allow their own personal views to influence their teaching.
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A state, a community, caring first for all its children, providing amply for their spiritual as for their temporal well-being, has organized the primitive Eden.
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Genius has oftenest been the pariah of his time, the unhoused god whom none cared for, unnamed till they whom he first promoted, enriched and honored, found it honorable to own their benefactor.
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Debate is angular, conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity.
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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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One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
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None can teach admirably if not loving his task.
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