Montgomery Bell Academy - Bell Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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“The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances . . . But he, in his private observatory, cataloguing obscure and nebulous stars of the human mind, which as yet no man has thought of as such — watching days and months sometimes for a few facts; correcting still his old records; must relinquish display and immediate fame.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“A pandemonium of enthusiasm rips the air and destroys the eardrums and vocal cords. It is a veritable volcano of enthusiasm, and it is in no way lessened or abated by the generally known fact that the spontaneous eruption is rehearsed . . . and the odd thing is that, although the technique is cut and dried, the enthusiasm is genuine.” John Steinbeck