Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand; the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon; of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars; actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll.
Amos Bronson AlcottOur friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
Amos Bronson AlcottI consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.
Amos Bronson Alcott