You Learn by LivingHarper, 1960 - 211 pages "Never, perhaps, have any of us needed as much as we do today to use all the curiosity we have, needed to seek new knowledge, needed to realize that no knowledge is terminal. For almost eveything in the world is new; startlingly new"....Elli Roosevelt's Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Page 114
... better than not being an individual , which is to be nobody at all . There are two very different kinds of conformity , but they tend , somewhere along the line , to blend , unless we are always aware of the difference . One of them is ...
... better than not being an individual , which is to be nobody at all . There are two very different kinds of conformity , but they tend , somewhere along the line , to blend , unless we are always aware of the difference . One of them is ...
Page 165
... better a second time . you made The temptation , too often , is to find an alibi for your first mistaken choice . “ Well , the people didn't seem to be fair . • • They were too hard on me . I didn't know they would expect so much ...
... better a second time . you made The temptation , too often , is to find an alibi for your first mistaken choice . “ Well , the people didn't seem to be fair . • • They were too hard on me . I didn't know they would expect so much ...
Page 178
... better care of children , better schools , better health . They discover that it is not enough to wish , however earnestly , to bring these things about . They must find out what has been done ; what , specifically , must be done ; they ...
... better care of children , better schools , better health . They discover that it is not enough to wish , however earnestly , to bring these things about . They must find out what has been done ; what , specifically , must be done ; they ...
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