As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of… — Margaret Mead

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost.

Margaret MeadScientist · American · 1901 – 1978

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