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Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in woman.
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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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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A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
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A chaste generation would restore Paradise.
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The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions.
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