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One does not see his thought distinctly till it is reflected in the image of another's.

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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Bronson Alcott
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Genius--the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.
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Every dogma embodies some shade of truth to give it seeming currency.
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A work of real merit finds favor at last.
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Right is the royal ruler alone and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.
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A birthday is a good time to begin a new throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.
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Sympathy wanting, all is wanting its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred spark that lights our atoms, puts us m human communion, and gives us to company, conversation, and ourselves.
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Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.
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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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My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author's portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages.
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Many can argue - not many converse.
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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
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A good style fits like a good costume.
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Cities with all their advantages have something hostile to liberal learning, the seductions are so subtle and accost the senses so openly on all sides.
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One must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm.
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Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in woman.
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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
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Hold fast, therefore, O circular philosopher, to thy centre, and drive the globe along its orbit by the momentum of thy thought.
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