Carolina QuotesTry to imagine a man setting out for the day without a single prejudice. … Inevitably he would be in a state of paralysis. He could not get up in the morning, or choose his necktie, or make his way to the office, … or, to come right down to the essence of the thing, even maintain his identity.
Richard M. Weaver Carolinian
Source
“Life without prejudice,” p. 12.
- work
- Life Without Prejudice (1965)
- year
- 1965
- locator
- p. 12
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