Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.
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G. Stanley Hall Quote
“Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.”
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