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The child will reveal himself through work.

Maria Montessori

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Maria Montessori
Age: 81 †
Born: 1870
Born: August 31
Died: 1952
Died: May 6
Inventor
Lecturer
Mathematician
Pedagogue
Philosopher
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Psychiatrist
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Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori
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The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings and for all living creatures, who has discovered joy and enthusiasm in work, gives us reason to hope that humanity can develop in a new direction.
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in nature everything is transformed but nothing destroyed.
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We must therefore turn to the child as to the key to the fate of our future life.
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