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William Graham Sumner

"We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could."

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"We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could."

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"The person whose attention is in the 'pure Soul' is known as a renowned person. No one in the past had been celebrated as a famous person, they were called renowned persons. To be famous is the result of an 'above normal' state."

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