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Teacher Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Experience is the only teacher, and we get his lesson indifferently in any school.
- The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
- Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.
- The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible.
- The man (or woman) who can make hard things easy is the educator.
- Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in your speech, cries…
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