The deepest definition of Youth is, Life as yet untouched by tragedy.

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The deepest definition of Youth is, Life as yet untouched by tragedy.

Alfred North Whitehead

1933

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Youth

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Philosophical literature

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1933

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Alfred North Whitehead

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Whitehead, Alfred North. Adventures of Ideas. The Macmillan Company/Simon and Schuster, 1933, ch. 20, sec. 5.

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The deepest definition of Youth is, Life as yet untouched by tragedy. — Alfred North Whitehead

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