Carolina QuotesDo not in any way 'prove the rule,' but on the contrary are completely valid disproofs, even though they are rare, indeed, so long as one single exception is demonstrable.
Kurt Zadek Lewin Connected to the Carolinas
Source
p. 24.
- work
- A Dynamic Theory of Personality, 1935
- year
- 1935
- locator
- p. 24
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