If You See In Any Given Situation

We Live In A Highly Competitive Society, Each Of Us Trying To Outdo The Other In Wealth, In Popularity Or Social Prestige, In Dress, In Scholastic Grades Or Golf Scores. One Is Often Tempted To Say That Conflict, Rather Than Cooperation, Is The Great Governing Principle Of Human Life.

The United States Is Enriched By Many Cultures, And United By A Single Common Language.

Definitions, Contrary To Popular Opinion, Tell Us Nothing About Things. They Only Describe People's Linguistic Habits; That Is, They Tell Us What Noises People Make Under What Conditions.

People Who Think Of Themselves As Tough-minded And Realistic, Among Them Influential Political Leaders And Businessmen As Well As Go-getters And Hustlers Of Smaller Caliber, Tend To Take It For Granted That Human Nature Is Selfish And That Life Is A Struggle In Which Only The Fittest May Survive. According To This Philosophy, The Basic Law By Which Man Must Live, In Spite Of His Surface Veneer Of Civilization, Is The Law Of The Jungle. The "fittest" Are Those Who Can Bring To The Struggle Superior Force, Superior Cunning, And Superior Ruthlessness.

There Is Only One Thing Age Can Give You, And That Is Wisdom.