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American writer, philosopher, and educator, born on November 29, 1799, and died on March 4, 1888. Amos Bronson Alcott is known for his contributions to educational reform and the development of individual freedom.

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“Every noble life becomes a revelation of the spirit which the love and joy of mankind cannot let perish from remembrance.”

Life Joy Spirit Mankind Noble Revelations Remembrance

Book:Table-talk

Source: Table-talk

“Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind.”

Truth School Virtue Mankind Truth Is Charity Ancient Sects

Book:Table-talk

Source: Table-talk

“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?”

Ifs Left Speak Water Morning Mankind Dawn Sunrise Fountain Prospects Left Out

Book:Tablets

Source: Tablets

“What higher praise can we bestow on any one than to say of him that he harbors another's prejudices with a hospitality so cordial as to give him, for the time, the sympathy next best to, if indeed it be not edification in, charity itself. For what disturbs more and distracts mankind than the uncivil manners that cleave man from man?”

Ifs Men Giving Next Mankind Higher Prejudice Praise Charity Manners Hospitality Harbors Edification

Book:Concord Days

Source: Concord Days

“Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.”

Speak Mankind Instinct Response Intuition Persuasion Criminal Mind

Author:Amos Bronson Alcott

About the Author

Born: November 29, 1799
Died: March 4, 1888
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 156

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