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Eleanor Farjeon on Children

1881–1965 England

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Of what use to destroy the children of evil? It is evil itself we must destroy at the roots.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1922)

Romance gathers round an old story like lichen on an old branch. And the story of Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard is so old now — some say a year old, some say even two. How can the children be expected to remember?

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1922)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Eleanor Farjeon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.