The difficult and risky task of meeting and mastering the new . . . is…

Eric Hoffer
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The difficult and risky task of meeting and mastering the new . . . is not undertaken by the vanguard of society but by its rear. It is the misfits, failures, fugitives, outcasts and their like who are among the first to grapple with the new. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1996). The Passionate State of Mind
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