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Civilization degrades many in order to exalt the few.
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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Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.
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A check on itself, evil subserves the economies of good, as it were a condiment to give relish to good.
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