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The Essence Of The Expert Is That His Field Shall Be Very Special And Narrow: One Of The Ways In Which He Inspires Confidence Is To Rigidly Limit Himself To The Little Toe; He Would Scarcely Venture An Off-the-record Opinion On An Infected Little Finger.

Humor Simultaneously Wounds And Heals, Indicts And Pardons, Diminishes And Enlarges; It Constitutes Inner Growth At The Expense Of Outer Gain, And Those Who Possess And Honestly Practice It Make Themselves More Through A Willingness To Make Themselves Less.

Someone Who Gossips Well Has A Reputation For Being Good Company Or Even A Wit, Never For Being A Gossip.

In An Automobile Civilization, Which Was One Of Constant Motion And Activity, There Was Almost No Time To Think; In A Television One, There Is Small Desire.

Ours Must Be The First Age Whose Great Goal, On A Nonmaterial Plane, Is Not Fulfillment But Adjustment; And Perhaps Just Such A Goal Has Served As Maladjustment's Weapon.