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Plans made in the nursery Can change the course of history
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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Who loves a garden, still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvests reaps.
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A friendship formed in childhood, in youth,--by happy accident at any stage of rising manhood,--becomes the genius that rules the rest of life.
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Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
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Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.
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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 traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.
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Where women are, the better things are implied if not spoken.
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Pleasure, that immortal essence, the beauteous bead sparkling in the cup, effervesces soon and subsides.
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Despair snuffs the sun from the firmament.
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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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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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Inspiration must find answering inspiration.
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Many are those who can argue few are those who can converse
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Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only.
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Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness.
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Our favorites are few since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey.
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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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The best teachers don't allow their own personal views to influence their teaching.
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