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If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.
If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.
Approximate author period: c. 1911 AD · modern
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- Maria Montessori
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- Approximate author period: c. 1911 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Maria Montessori: life dates 1870 to 1952. Wikidata Q131117, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131117 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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