Philip Larkin - Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in...

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Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up.

Philip Larkin

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Vor allem aber sind Kinder mit Erwachsenen verbunden, weil sie sich gerade in sie verwandeln. Dafür kann ihnen viel vergeben werden. Kinder sind zwangsläufig den Erwachsenen unterlegen oder es gibt keinen Anreiz, erwachsen zu werden.

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