Quotation by Eric Hoffer

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New York Times (July 21, 1969)"A Time of Juveniles" The Temper of Our Time (1967)Reflections on the Human Condition (1973)Reflections on the Human Condition (1955)Reflections on the Human Condition (1932, repr. 1973)

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Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.

Eric Hoffer

Eric Hoffer (1902–1983), U.S. philosopher. Reflections on the Human Condition, aphorism 58 (1973).

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