"Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.“


-Dag Hammarskjold

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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.

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