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As far as the game of marbles is concerned, there is therefore no contradiction between the egocentric practice of games and the mystical respect entertained for rules. This respect is the mark of a mentality fashioned, not by free cooperation between equals, but by adult constraint.

— Jean Piaget The Moral Judgment of the Child (1932)

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Every observer has noted that the younger the child, the less sense he has of his own ego.

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