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Ideas in the head set hands about their several tasks.
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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Nor is a day lived if the dawn is left out of it, with the prospects it opens. Who speaks charmingly of nature or of mankind, like him who comes bibulous of sunrise and the fountains of waters?
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Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams.
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Inspiration must find answering inspiration.
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Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.
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Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.
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First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
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Nor do we accept, as genuine the person not characterized by this blushing bashfulness, this youthfulness of heart, this sensibility to the sentiment of suavity and self-respect. Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. None are truly great without this ornament.
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While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.
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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.
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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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Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.
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Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty.
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Fullness is always quiet agitation will answer for empty vessels only.
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A chaste generation would restore Paradise.
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