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LAW & HISTORY > teacher, philosopher, reformer > Amos Bronson Alcott
The true teacher...
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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
Source: Orphic Sayings, The Teacher, 1840.
-- Amos Bronson Alcott, (Nov 29 1799-1888), US teacher, philosopher, reformer; He started several innovative schools and wrote Conversations with Children on the Gospels, 1836-37.