Remember, too, that in such frank explanation you are speaking in nine cases out of ten to a good deal clearer understanding than you think and that the child-mind has what your tired soul may have lost faith in,--the Power and the Glory.
Du Bois reassures that children often possess a clearer understanding than adults realize, emphasizing their potential.
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