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Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
Philosopher
Poet
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Bronson Alcott
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Equanimity
Calendar
Calendars
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Sweetness
Virtue

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