“Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.”

— Ernest Dimnet

Attributed to Ernest Dimnet in: Rhonda L. Clements, Leah Fiorentino (2004) The Child's Right to Play: A Global Approach. p. 111

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French writer 1866–1954

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