Children, it should be repeated, are not pocket editions of adults, because childhood is a period of physical … - Grace Abbott

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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.

Grace Abbott

Children, it should be repeated, are not pocket editions of adults, because childhood is a period of physical growth and development, a period of preparation for adult responsibility and public and private life. A program of children cannot be merely an adaptation of the program for adults, nor should it be curtailed during periods of depression or emergency expansion of other programs.

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The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government.

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I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of the baby carriage and I wheel it into the traffic.

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