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Their Name Is Today

Children are our future, but need your love now.

We are guilty of many errors and many faults

but our worst crime is abandoning the children,

neglecting the fountain of life.

Many things can wait. Children cannot.

Right now their bones are being formed,

their blood is being made,

and their senses are being developed.

To them we cannot answer, "Tomorrow."

Their name is today.

Gabriela Mistral

Nobel Laureate

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