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Childhood ought to have at least a few entitlements that aren't entangled with utilitarian considerations. One of them should be the right to a degree of unencumbered satisfaction in the sheer delight and goodness of existence in itself.
Jonathan Kozol
Jonathan Kozol
Jonathan Kozol
Born: Sep 5, 1936

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Entitlement, Degree, Goodness, Few, Ought, Considerations, Entangled, Delight, Sheer, Least, Existence, Itself, Unencumbered, Childhood, Them, Should, Utilitarian, Satisfaction, Right

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