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“The mind of a child is no less vagrant than his steps; it pursues the gossamer a…” — William Godwin
The mind of a child is no less vagrant than his steps; it pursues the gossamer and flies from object to object, lawless and unconfined, and it is equally necessary to the development of his frame that his thoughts and his body should be free from fetters.
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