Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.

Quote by John Hersey

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What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence,...

What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence,...

The doctors realized in retrospect that even though most of these dead had also suffered...

The doctors realized in retrospect that even though most of these dead had also suffered...

And, as if nature were protecting man against his own ingenuity, the reproductive processes were...

And, as if nature were protecting man against his own ingenuity, the reproductive processes were...

The reality is that changes are coming. ...They must come. You must share in bringing...

The reality is that changes are coming. ...They must come. You must share in bringing...

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live...

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live...

The third stage was the reaction that came when the body struggled to compensate for...

The third stage was the reaction that came when the body struggled to compensate for...

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live...

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live...

The first stage had been all over before the doctors even knew they were dealing...

The first stage had been all over before the doctors even knew they were dealing...

Many people who did not die right away came down with nausea, headache, diarrhea, malaise,...

Many people who did not die right away came down with nausea, headache, diarrhea, malaise,...

It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as...

It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as...

All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them....

All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them....

The second stage set in ten or fifteen days after the bombing. Its first symptom...

The second stage set in ten or fifteen days after the bombing. Its first symptom...