Reading The Children's Hour | Alexandria
Read The Children's Hour by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Weaving childhood wonder into poetic prophecy, The Children's Hour unveils Longfellow's radical notion that life's deepest wisdom emerges through play, not study. His vision of children as philosophers challenges Victorian rigidity, suggesting that pure joy—not disciplined thought—unlocks truth. Makes you question: do we grow wiser, or just more constrained?