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The central task of every human life is finding the right balance between self-assertion and self-restraint
Drawn from what Thomas Henry Huxley said
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- Thomas Henry Huxley English biologist and advocate of Darwin's theory (1825 to 1895)
The motive of the drama of human life is the necessity, laid upon every man who comes into the world, of discovering the mean between self-assertion and self-restraint suited to his character and his circumstances.
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↗Evolution and Ethics: Prolegomena and Romanes Lecture (1893-1894)gutenberg.org
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