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Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.

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I never taught language for the purpose of teaching it but invariably used language as a medium for the communication of thought thus the learning of language was coincident with the acquisition of knowledge.
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My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!
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The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.
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Yes, I am proud, and very humble too.
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We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.
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I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.
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The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.
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If my parents didn't push me and didn't support education, I probably wouldn't be here today.... Regardless of whatever they went through and how they may have been treated, they felt education was important. So, it's easier when you have the parents who support it, rather than those who don't.
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You can't touch love, but you can feel the sweetness that it pours into everything.
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It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind this privilege is mine.
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We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about.
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If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself.
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We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.
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Language grows out of life, out of its needs and experiences. 828
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The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.
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A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.
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Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.
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