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In America Nature Is Autocratic, Saying, "i Am Not Arguing, I Am Telling You.

Will, Therefore, Is The Unbroken Determination To Exercise Free Choice As Well As Self-restraint, In Spite Of The Unavoidable Experience Of Shame And Doubt In Infancy.

You Can Actively Flee, Then, And You Can Actively Stay Put.

The Strengths A Young Person Finds In Adults At This Time-their Willingness To Let Him Experiment, Their Eagerness To Confirm Him At His Best, Their Consistency In Correcting His Excesses, And The Guidance They Give Him-will Codetermine Whether Or Not He Eventually Makes Order Out Of Necessary Inner Confusion And Applies Himself To The Correction Of Disordered Conditions. He Needs Freedom To Choose, But Not So Much Freedom That He Cannot, In Fact, Make A Choice.

Nobody Likes To Be Found Out, Not Even One Who Has Made Ruthless Confession A Part Of His Profession. Any Autobiographer, Therefore, At Least Between The Lines, Spars With His Reader And Potential Judge.