There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely by reasoning and experience. Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, nor does it remove doubt so that the mind may rest on the intuition of truth, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.
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...the integrative tendencies of the individual are incomparably more dangerous than his self-assertive tendencies.
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Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.
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