A child who is protected fr... by Jane Smiley, an American Writer

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“A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.”

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Name: Jane Smiley

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Sep 26, 1949

Profession: Writer

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A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.

Jane Smiley

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