Walter Lippmann :
We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world -- introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably -- that the best way of knowing the inwardness of our neighbors is to know ourselves.
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Self-knowledge
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Humankind
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Neighbors
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