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"It is true that some pedagogues, led by Rousseau, have given voice to impracticable principles and vague aspirations for the liberty of the child, but the true concept of liberty is practically unknown to educators."  Maria Montessori, The Montessori Method, Chapter 1, p.15, Schocken Books, Inc., 1964.

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