I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother t…

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I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt (1995). What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt, Carlson Pub
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I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt (1995). What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt, Carlson Pub

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