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R. D. Laing Quotes: Children are not yet fools, but we shall turn them into imbeciles like ourselves, with high I.Q.'s if possible.
         

Children are not yet fools, but we shall turn them into imbeciles like ourselves, with high I.Q.'s if possible.


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