What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

The shorter and the plainer the better.

It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born. My brother and I were born in London...but our descent, our interest and our joy were in the north country'. Quoted in The Tale of Beatrix Potter a Biography by Margaret Lane, First Edition p 32-33

I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!

I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense...

What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.