In turning to the external conditions which shape and maintain in the behavior of men, while questioning the reality of inner qualities and faculties to which human achievements were once attributed, we turn from the ill-defined and remote to the observable and manipulable. (p. 17)
Cumulative Record: Definitive Edition (1999). Chapter 1:Freedom and the Control of Men. Quote 27
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