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Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.
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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Man must have some recognized stake in society and affairs to knit him lovingly to his kind, or he is wont to revenge himself for wrongs real or imagined.
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Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.
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Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep.
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An author who sets his reader on sounding the depths of his own thoughts serves him best.
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