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Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in woman.

— Amos Bronson Alcott Concord Days (1872)

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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.

Orphic Sayings (1840)

Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.

Concord Days (1872)

Genius is but the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.

The Doctrine and Discipline of Human Culture (1836)

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

Table-Talk (1877)

Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty.

Table-Talk (1877)

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