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"The moral degradation of the slave is, above all things, the weight that opposes the progress of humanity-- humanity striving to rise and held back by this great burden.  The cry of redemption speaks far more clearly for the souls of men than for their bodies."  Maria Montessori, The Montessori Method, Chapter 1, p.20, Schocken Books, Inc., 1964.

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