All a child's life depends on the ideal it has of its parents. Destroy…

E. M. Forster
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All a child's life depends on the ideal it has of its parents. Destroy that and everything goes — morals, behaviour, everything. Absolute trust in some one else is the essence of education. ✨ Where Angels Fear to Tread: England Literature.
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