“It goes without saying that Sam will not enjoy his childhood. That is not the point — childhood is not an end in itself, but a means to growing up.” — Roger Scruton, philosopher and conservative columnist, talking about his 4-year-old son in The Independent, 10 May 2002; used as an epigraph by John Clarke in “Histories of Childhood” (2004)

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