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Then Wendy began to see that one didn't stay at two for the rest of one's life. Indeed two is the beginning of the end. The end is being grown-up. Once you get to twenty one or so, you can never be ungrown-up again. But Mrs. Darling did not tell this to Wendy. Between two and twenty one, there was lots of time for her to find out.
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Atkinson, M.A. Some practical uses of “a natural lifetime”. Hum Stud 3, 33–46 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02331799
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