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I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.
I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.
Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
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- Eleanor Roosevelt
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- Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
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