Phyllis Bottome


In my early life, and probably even today, it is not sufficiently understood that a child's education should include at least a rudimentary grasp of religion, sex, and money. Without a basic knowledge of these three primary facts in a normal human being's life--subjects which stir the emotions, create events and opportunities, and if they do not wholly decide must greatly influence an individual's personality--no human being's education can have a safe foundation.

Phyllis Bottome (1884--1963), Anglo-American novelist. Search for a Soul, ch. 9 (1947).

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