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Life is one, religion one, creeds are many and diverse.
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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Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.
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Pity the mother who assumes the name without being all this implies!
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The best teachers don't allow their own personal views to influence their teaching.
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A sip is the most than mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight.
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The fable runs that the gods mix our pains and pleasure in one cup, and thus mingle for us the adulterate immortality which we alone are permitted here to enjoy. Voluptuous raptures, could we prolong these at pleasure, would dissipate and dissolve us. A sip is the most that mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight.
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Who loves a garden, still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvests reaps.
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