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The essays argue that mature self-knowledge arises through disillusionment and adjustment, when a person sheds self-centered preconceptions and learns both capacities and limits. Growth comes from relations with others and from responsibility: unselfish service, love, and committed labor direct talent outward, enlarging character and producing satisfaction. Some attain this change early, others late or never; it may arrive abruptly or gradually. Power and opportunity yield fulfillment when used for others rather than self-aggrandizement. Ultimately the work traces psychological and moral pathways by which inward clarity turns private ability into public purpose and steady, purposeful living.

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Title: When a Man Comes to Himself

Author: Woodrow Wilson

Release date: February 1, 2004 [eBook #5078]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Jennifer Godwin and Jose Menendez

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When a Man Comes to Himself

by Woodrow Wilson

Ph.D., Litt.D., LL.D.
President of the United States

1901.


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