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If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Better Child Combine Come Freely Go He Him Himself His Impressions Left Less More Real Things Think Touch Will

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The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Experience Need Remote Schools Stressed Student Things Wrong Wrong Things

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It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Birth Feeble First Growth Living Mind Mine Privilege Rare Struggles Watch

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I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.

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Topics: Break Handkerchief Highway King Rather Stones Than

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The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Country Education Educational Find Future Going Immediate Justice Making Purpose Resources Serve Tragic True Truth Unless Us Vast Way

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A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Charge Effort Independent Lives Made Must People Strenuous Take Themselves Think Train Young Young People

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The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Enough Invent Newspapers Ridiculous Suit Truth Truth Is Wonderful

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We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: About Cry Feel Like Make Nice Nothing Particular Sad Stories Us You

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Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Certain Clear Dark Falls History Humanity Lift Light Observation Periods Point Suddenly Where World

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We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Any Difficulties Firm Hold Knowledge Lift Our Out Philosophy Us

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: April 14th, 1866

Died: October 20th, 1936

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