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Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from read more
There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.".
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his read more
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.
The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They want desperately to perceive a read more
The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They want desperately to perceive a vast gulf between man and the rest of creation. This mythology of human superiority justifies their doing whatever they please with the world, just the way Hitler’s mythology of Aryan superiority justified his doing whatever he pleased with Europe. But in the end this mythology is not deeply satisfying. The Takers are a profoundly lonely people. The world for them is enemy territory, and they live in it like an army of occupation, alienated and isolated by their extraordinary specialness.
Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.rn
Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.rn
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
Men are born equal but they are also born different.
Men are born equal but they are also born different.
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.