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Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.
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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Man is a living lie--a bitter jest Upon himself--a conscious grain of sand Lost in a desert of unconsciousness.
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Sloth is the tempter that beguiles and expels from paradise.
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Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.
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Every dogma embodies some shade of truth to give it seeming currency.
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Traveling is no fool's errand to him who carries his eyes and itinerary along with him.
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All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.
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A state, a community, caring first for all its children, providing amply for their spiritual as for their temporal well-being, has organized the primitive Eden.
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