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There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.
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Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.
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Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
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Whatever laudable qualities the English may possess in their selection, preparation, and consumption of food, elegance, originality, diversity, and imagination are not among them.
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The order and harmony of her house were necessary to the order and harmony of her mind and spirit.
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To lovers of the long and intricate history of language the disuse and final death of certain words is a matter of regret. Yet every age bears witness to the inevitableness of such loss.
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The greatest danger in any argument is that real issues are often clouded by superficial ones, that momentary passions may obscure permanent realities.
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A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
George Santayana
Mary Ellen Chase
Born:
February 24, 1887
Died:
July 28, 1973
(aged 86)
Bio:
Mary Ellen Chase was an American educator, teacher, scholar, and author. She is regarded as one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century.
Known for:
Silas Crockett (1935)
Windswept (1941)
The lovely ambition (1960)
The Girl From The Big Horn Country (1916)
A journey to Boston (1965)
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