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June 1964

Why We Understand

None but whom the loss has rent can know how I suffer."<lbGoethe

MANY have heard the story of the third prospective member of our fellowship. He looked out the window, saw Bill and Dr. Bob coming down the street, turned to his wife and said, "Here come those two fellows who seem to understand." Illustrating as it does one of the basic foundations of our effectiveness, in such a simple yet powerful way, its repetition here should not offend those of us who recall it, and may please those who have forgotten or perhaps have never heard it before.

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