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We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.

Christopher Morley

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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
Poet
Writer
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Anything
Perhaps
Without
Simply
Take
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Children
Small
Mind
Almost
Child
Call
Larger
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Habit

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