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Its a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods

Its a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things. – Anne Sullivan

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I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. – Anne Sullivan

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We all like stories that make us cry. Its so nice to feel sad when youve nothing in particular to feel sad about. – Anne Sullivan

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