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February 1962

Humility Is Not Abasement

Cowardice is still a defect and courage is still a virtue

HUMILITY was my greatest need. Humility does not consist of self-contempt. Self-deprecation is not humility. Cowardice is not humility. What passes for self-pity is not pity but self-hatred and self-contempt.

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