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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature's only idea seems to be to make them machines for the production of incessant noise. - Quote by Wilkie Collins

I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature’s only idea seems to be to make them machines for the production of incessant noise.

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