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None can teach admirably if not loving his task.

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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Bronson Alcott
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Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll.
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Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
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Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep.
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Plans made in the nursery Can change the course of history
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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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Our ideals are our better selves.
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There are truths that shield themselves behind veils, and are best spoken by implication. Even the sun veils himself in his own rays to blind the gaze of the too curious starer.
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Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in woman.
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Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.
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Where women are, the better things are implied if not spoken.
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Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?
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A good book is fruitful of other books it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives of its readers.
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The less routine the more life.
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Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty.
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One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books.
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Traveling is no fool's errand to him who carries his eyes and itinerary along with him.
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One must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm.
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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly, nor need we but love them devotedly to become members of an immortal fraternity, superior to accident or change.
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The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.
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The passions refuse to be organized on a basis of their own hostile to personal freedom and one another, they rush precipitately into anarchy and mob rule.
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