"A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism."
"Ideas first and last: yet it is not till these are formulated and utilized that the devotees of the common sense discern their value and advantages. The idealist is the capitalist on whose resources multitudes are maintained life long. Ideas in the head set hands about their several tasks, thus carrying forward all human endeavors to their issues."
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Source: Amos Bronson Alcott (1868). “Tablets”, p.131
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