when fully grown, to fly away. Then, when their own imaginative resources begin to fail them, one observes children begin to read books of adventure with avidity—at the age, say, of ten or twelve years. Before that, no Rover of the Andes or Erling the Bold can equal the heroic achievements they evolve from their inner consciousness."
Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories / A Book for Bairns and Big Folk
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Robert Ford
