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Muhammad Ali

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Salvador Allende

Amos Bronson Alcott
b. 11-29-1799; Wolcott, CT
d. 3-4-1888; Boston, MA

Teacher, writer and philosopher Amos Bronson Alcott is best remembered as the father of author Louisa May Alcott.

His educational philosophy was informed by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and through his association with Transcendentalism. His forward-thinking social ideas were expressed in two projects, an unconventional school and an utopian community known as “Fruitlands”.

FYI - he passed his social activisim on to this daughter Louisa - she was involved in the women’s suffrage movement, canvassing door to door to encourage women to register to vote, and in 1879 became the first woman in Concord to register to vote in the village’s school committee election.

Amos Bronson Alcott quotes ~
• “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.”
• “We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.”
• “A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.”
• “One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.”

• The Concord Quartet: Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau and the Friendship That Freed the American Mind

Muhammad Ali
b. 1-17-1942; Louisville, KY

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Salvador Allende
b. 12-26-1908; Valparaiso, Chile
d. 9-11-1973; Santiago (assassination by suicide)

Salvador Allende, the President of Chile, was trained as a medical doctor. His decision to redistribute wealth and land in an attempt to allivate malnutrition and unemployment lead to his death during a military coup funded by the CIA.

Salvador Allende quote ~
• “Workers of my country, I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason seeks to prevail. Keep in mind that, much sooner than later, the great avenues will again be opened through which will pass free men to construct a better society. Long live Chile! Long live the people! Long live the workers!”
President Salvador Allende's farewell speech, September 11, 1973

FYI - Salvador Allende's niece, Isabel Allende, is a noted author.

Maya Angelou
b. 4-4-1928; St. Louis, Missouri

"Here on the pulse of this new day
You may have the grace to look up and out
And into your sister's eyes, into
Your brother's face, your country
And say simply
Very simply
With hope
Good morning."
On the Pulse of Morning

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