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For every fresh stage in our lives we need a fresh education, and there is no stage for which so little educational preparation is made as that which follows the reproductive period.
Havelock Ellis
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Havelock Ellis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1859
Born: February 2
Died: 1939
Died: July 8
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