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If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.

Source: The Montessori Method, ch. 5 (1912).
-- Maria Montessori, (Aug 31 1870-1952), Italian educator, reformer; She originated the Montessori method of education stressing development of initiative and freedom of the child.

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