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The outlines of the needed psychology of becoming can be discovered by looking within ourselves; for it is knowledge of our own uniqueness that supplies the first, and probably the best, hints for acquiring orderly knowledge of others.

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If a person is capable of rectifying his erroneous judgments in the light of new evidence he is not prejudiced.
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