Every human being comes of age, if they live long enough. It is the transition between childhood and adulthood, and is far more ancient than humanity. In some organisms, the juvenile stage ceding to adulthood is more spectacular even than our own—consider the metamorphoses of egg into frog through a tadpole stage, or that of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly.
Coming of Age in a Brave New World
Every human being comes of age, if they live long enough. It is the transition between childhood and adulthood, and is far more ancient than humanity. In some organisms, the juvenile stage ceding to adulthood is more spectacular even than our own—consider the metamorphoses of egg into frog through a tadpole stage, or that of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly.
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