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... involves self - condemnation , how- ever , an alibi almost inevitably rushes to the rescue . The fire companies of a city , answering an alarm and con- verging upon a conflagration to put out the blaze , do not move more swiftly and ...
... involves self - condemnation , how- ever , an alibi almost inevitably rushes to the rescue . The fire companies of a city , answering an alarm and con- verging upon a conflagration to put out the blaze , do not move more swiftly and ...
Page 44
... involves not only the harmonizing of con- flicts but also the subjugation of revolts . It involves a scale of values , with some supreme value , or complex of associated values , so organizing life that one gladly fore- goes lesser aims ...
... involves not only the harmonizing of con- flicts but also the subjugation of revolts . It involves a scale of values , with some supreme value , or complex of associated values , so organizing life that one gladly fore- goes lesser aims ...
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... involves more than the objective confrontation of them , the wise use of our imagination in handling them , and the elimination of guilty furtiveness as one major cause of them ; it involves the positive substitution of courage for them ...
... involves more than the objective confrontation of them , the wise use of our imagination in handling them , and the elimination of guilty furtiveness as one major cause of them ; it involves the positive substitution of courage for them ...
Contents
Shouldering Responsibility for Ourselves I | 1 |
What Being a Real Person Means | 27 |
The Principle of SelfAcceptance | 52 |
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