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Discipline must come through liberty. — Maria Montessori · Smartyfair

Discipline must come through liberty.

Maria Montessori1870–1952 · educator · 1800s-1900s ItalyMaria Montessori was one of Italy's first female physicians, and she went on to develop a new way of teaching young children that let them learn through hands-on exploration instead of just listening to lectures.5 quotes

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Real self-control grows best when a child is given freedom to try.

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What turned up: The Montessori Method (1912) — grepped verbatim in the staged Gutenberg text (id 39863).
Work: The Montessori Method
Occasion: 1912 · Opening the book's central section on how real self-control is built.
Sources checked: gutenberg.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026Project Gutenberg #39863, The Montessori Method, Anne E. George translation

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