It is only contemporaries who can give scope for spontaneity in free competition and in equal co-operation. Self-respect without tyranny, consideration without slavishness, can be learnt best in dealing with equals.
Source: On Education, especially in early childhood, 1926, Pt. 2： Education of character, r, chap. 10: Importance of Other Children
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