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We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.
Anne Sullivan Macy



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Author Profession: Educator
Nationality: American
Born: April 14, 1866
Died: October 20, 1936

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Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.
Anne Sullivan Macy

The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice.
Anne Sullivan Macy

I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it.
Anne Sullivan Macy

If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself.
Anne Sullivan Macy

Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy.
Anne Sullivan Macy

No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination.
Anne Sullivan Macy

Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.
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Words
Chains, Cling, Commonplace, Desperately, Escape, Existence, Imagine, Our, Selfish, Want
Definitions
Cling, Commonplace, Desperately, Escape, Existence, Imagine, Our, Selfish, Want
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