Benjamin Nelson on blindness
Benjamin Nelson3 quotes“So far as one can tell, from what William Jame called “a certain blindness” in perceiving the vitalities of others.”
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Conflict is at the very heart of life, resulting not simply from the malevolence of others in the struggle for place or portion, but also from the fact that men of the best will in the world seem to suffer incurably,
Benjamin NelsonBenjamin Nelson It hardly needs saying that such mutualistic communities will also be plagued by conflict.
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