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Children are illuminated text-books, breviaries of doctrine, living bodies of divinity, open always and inviting their elders to peruse the characters inscribed on the lovely leaves.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
Philosopher
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Bronson Alcott
Illuminated
Children
Lovely
Inviting
Always
Characters
Elders
Open
Books
Text
Living
Divinity
Character
Bodies
Peruse
Body
Doctrine
Inscribed
Book
Leaves

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