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Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.
Marian Wright Edelman