Amos Bronson Alcott on Conversation
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“Many can argue, not many converse.”
“Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only.”
“Conversation presupposes a common sympathy in the subject, a great equality in the speakers; absence of egotism, a tender criticism of what is spoken.”
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