Isabella Bird quoteIsabella Bird [1831-1904]
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| One of the most painful things in the Western States and Territories is the extinction of childhood. I have never seen any children - only debased imitations of men and women, cankered by greed and selfishness, and asserting and gaining complete independence of their parents at ten years old. |
Independence
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