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John Locke

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That which parents should take care of... is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature.
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Sec. 107

 
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I care not, Fortune, what you me deny;
You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace,
You cannot shut the windows of the sky,
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The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve.
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