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I'm As Fixed In My Opinion As The Man Who Thought He Was A Hard-boiled Egg.

Never Since The Dawn Of Human History, As Far As I Can Find Out, Did People Long Settled In Any Region Give A Friendly Welcome To Newcomers. One Of The Disagreeable Traits Of Our Human Nature Seems To Be To Dislike On Sight People Who Come Later Than The First Settlers.

The Teachers Of Small Children Are Paid More Than They Were, But Still Far Less Than The Importance Of Their Work Deserves, And They Are Still Regarded By The Unenlightened Majority As Insignificant Compared To Those Who Impart Information To Older Children And Adolescents, A Class Of Pupils Which, In The Nature Of Things, Is Vastly More Able To Protect Its Own Individuality From The Character Of The Teacher.

Vermont Tradition Is Based On The Idea That Group Life Should Leave Each Person As Free As Possible To Arrange His Own Life. This Freedom Is The Only Climate In Which (we Feel) A Human Being May Create His Own Happiness. ... Character Itself Lies Deep And Secret Below The Surface, Unknown And Unknowable By Others. It Is The Mysterious Core Of Life, Which Every Man Or Woman Has To Cope With Alone, To Live With, To Conquer And Put In Order, Or To Be Defeated By.

Libraries Are The Vessels In Which The Seed Corn For The Future Is Stored.