For what are they all, in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet? - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in.

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That which we are, we shall teach, not voluntarily, but involuntarily. Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened.

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learning compulsion teaching nurture

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The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.

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