"There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder."

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The theme of education is universal, yet Alfred Austin manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on education often shapes our reality.

About Alfred Austin

Alfred Austin was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson, when the other candidates had either caused controversy or refused the honour. It was claimed that he was being rewarded for his support for the Conservative leader Lord Salisbury in the General Election of 1895. Austin's poems are little remembered today, his most popular work being prose idylls celebrating nature. Wilfred Scawen Blunt wrote of him, "He is an acute and ready reasoner, and is well read in theology and science. It is strange his poetry should be such poor stuff, and stranger still that he should imagine it immortal."

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"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

— Alfred Austin
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"Public opinion is no more than this: What people think that other people think."

— Alfred Austin
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"Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society."

— Alfred Austin
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"The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul."

— Alfred Austin
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"I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college."

— Oscar Isaac
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"Yeah, I left Idaho at 17. You know, I graduated high school a year early and just, you know, the typical story, packed up my car and moved out."

— Aaron Paul
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"I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too."

— Alan Autry
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"I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student."

— Alan Shepard
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