Excerpt from Give Yourself Background
Life consists in taking in and giving out. William James says that in the highest form Of life, Man, the process consists in taking in, turning over, and giving out - the turning over being the period Of mental appreciation. TO give out, one must take in; one must have a filled up reservoir on which to draw; one must have a background.
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