"A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism."
"Of books in our time the variety is so voluminous, and they follow so fast from the press, that one must be a swift reader to acquaint himself even with their titles, and wise to discern what are worth reading."
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Source: Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”
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