Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates. (Dag Hammarskjöld)

Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.

Dag Hammarskjöld

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