"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples."
-Amos Bronson Alcott
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"A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.“
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