“A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”

—  Henry Adams, book The Education of Henry Adams

Source: The Education of Henry Adams

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journalist, historian, academic, novelist 1838–1918

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