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> [Play is a sacred thing, a divine ordinance, for developing in the child a harmonious and healthy organism, and preparing that organism for the commencement of the work of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-g-holland/play-is-a-sacred-thing-a-divine-ordinance-for-developing-in-the-child/)

[J. G. Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-g-holland/)

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> [Tracing the progress of mankind in the ascending path of civilization, and moral and intellectual culture, our fathers found that the divine ordinance of government, in every stage of the ascent, was adjustable on principles of common reason to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-m-evarts/tracing-the-progress-of-mankind-in-the-ascending-path-of-civilization/)

[William M. Evarts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-m-evarts/)

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