Culture Is Not A Biologically Transmitted Complex

We Must Accept All The Implications Of Our Human Inheritance, One Of The Most Important Of Which Is The Small Scope Of Biologically Transmitted Behavior, And The Enormous Role Of The Cultural Process Of The Transmission Of Tradition.

The Purpose Of Anthropology Is To Make The World Safe For Human Differences.

The Life-history Of The Individual Is First And Foremost An Accommodation To The Patterns And Standards Traditionally Handed Down In His Community. From The Moment Of His Birth The Customs Into Which He Is Born Shape His Experience And Behavior. By The Time He Can Talk, He Is The Little Creature Of His Culture, And By The Time He Is Grown And Able To Take Part In Its Activities, Its Habits Are His Habits, Its Beliefs His Beliefs, Its Impossibilities His Impossibilities.

The Tough-minded ... Respect Difference. Their Goal Is A World Made Safe For Differences, Where The United States May Be American To The Hilt Without Threatening The Peace Of The World, And France May Be France, And Japan May Be Japan On The Same Conditions.

The Japanese Are, To The Highest Degree, Both Aggressive And Unaggressive, Both Militaristic And Aesthetic, Both Insolent And Polite, Rigid And Adaptable, Submissive And Resentful Of Being Pushed Around, Loyal And Treacherous, Brave And Timid, Conservative And Hospitable To New Ways.