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Life Lessons : Truths Concerning People Who Have Lived‎ (1909).
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Teaching is successful only as it causes people to think for themselves. What the teacher thinks matters little; what he makes the child think matters much.

— Alice Moore Hubbard

What It Means

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Alice Moore Hubbard

About Alice Moore Hubbard

Alice Moore Hubbard (7 June 1861 – 7 May 1915), born Alice Luann Moore, was a noted American feminist, writer, and, with her husband, Elbert Hubbard was a leading figure in the Roycroft movement.