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We Cannot, Even Given Our Most Imaginative Efforts, Construct A Concept Of Self That Does Not Impute Some Causal Influence Of Prior Mental States On Later Ones.

We Are Storytelling Creatures, And As Children We Acquire Language To Tell Those Stories That We Have Inside Us.

Telling Others About Oneself Is...no Simple Matter. It Depends On What We Think They Think We Ought To Be Like

I Would Urge That The Yeast Of Education Is The Idea Of Excellence, And The Idea Of Excellence Comprises As Many Forms As There Are Individuals, Each Of Whom Develops His Own Image Of Excellence. The School Must Have As One Of Its Principal Functions The Nurturing Of Images Of Excellence.

It Is Sentimentalism To Assume That The Teaching Of Life Can Always Be Fitted To The Child's Interests, Just As It Is Empty Formalism To Force The Child To Parrot The Formulas Of Adult Society. Interests Can Be Created And Stimulated.