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Education must be aimed at creating a wider imagination in the child, not at suppressing. The childs mind must be set free.

Henry Williamson

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Henry Williamson
Age: 81 †
Born: 1895
Born: December 1
Died: 1977
Died: August 13
Author
Farmer
Naturalist
Novelist
Writer
Lewisham
Henry William Williamson
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Imagination
Education
Child
Free
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Suppressing
Children
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Mind
Wider

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