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The mind, like all other natural things, grows.
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The quote compares the mind to other things found in nature. It suggests that the mind is not fixed: it develops and changes as it grows, rather than remaining exactly the same throughout life.
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- Brock University Mead Project, Mental Development in the Child and the Race (1906), Chapter 1
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- Official Statement
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