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It Has Always Been The Task Of Formal Education To Set Up Behavior Which Would Prove Useful Or Enjoyable Later In A Student's Life.

In The World At Large We Seldom Vote For A Principle Or A Given State Of Affairs. We Vote For A Man Who Pretends To Believe In That Principle Or Promises To Achieve That State. We Don't Want A Man, We Want A Condition Of Peace And Plenty-- Or, It May Be, War And Want-- But We Must Vote For A Man.

Each Of Us Has Interests Which Conflict The Interests Of Everybody Else... 'everybody Else' We Call 'society'. It's A Powerful Opponent And It Always Wins. Oh, Here And There An Individual Prevails For A While And Gets What He Wants. Sometimes He Storms The Culture Of A Society And Changes It To His Own Advantage. But Society Wins In The Long Run, For It Has The Advantage Of Numbers And Of Age.

A Self Is A Repertoire Of Behavior Appropriate To A Given Set Of Contingencies.

Many Social Practices Essential To The Welfare Of The Species Involve The Control Of One Person By Another, And No One Can Suppress Them Who Has Any Concern For Human Achievements