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Every dogma embodies some shade of truth to give it seeming currency.
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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A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.
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The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.
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