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you cannot objectify the subjective, you cannot generalize the specific.
‘Habit dooms us all to fight out the battle of life upon the lines of our nurture or our early choice, and to make the best of a pursuit that disagrees, because there is no other for which we are fitted, and it is too late to begin again.’”
“We are not obligated to provide everyone who comes to this country with a good life,” Morgan went on. “We are obligated to provide them with a chance to attain that life, through discipline and hard work. That chance is more than they have anywhere else. That is why they keep coming.”
Every human being must find his own way to cope with such severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses.
