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*"We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate life itself. That humanity which is revealed in all its intellectual splendor during the sweet and tender age of childhood should be respected with a kind of religious veneration."<ref>Montessori, M. (1949). The Absorbent Mind. Clio Press.</ref>