Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure.

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Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.

Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.

Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the...

Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the...

The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion...

The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion...

No very sharp line can be drawn between social psychology and individual psychology.

No very sharp line can be drawn between social psychology and individual psychology.

Social psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the...

Social psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the...

The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic...

The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic...

What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in...

What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in...

Man lives in a world of meaning.

Man lives in a world of meaning.

The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human...

The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human...

Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes...

Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes...

In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of...

In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of...

To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life...

To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life...

To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested...

To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested...

A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal.

A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal.

Society is unity in diversity.

Society is unity in diversity.