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In the Driftway
September 11, 1929 issue

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The overwhelming conservatism of man, his fear of change, his indifference and even downright antagonism toward efforts to better his lot, these things are the rule of life, and the occasional halting steps forward are the exceptions, even in the U.S., which one likes to believe is the most progressive country in the world. The very fact that one talks so much about progress, real or fancied, is proof of its unusualness. But it is in some of the little things that the Drifter is most often struck with the dependence upon habit, the tendency to cling to objects in the material world long after they have ceased to have any use, and often after they have become positive nuisances.

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CONSERVATISM; APATHY; PROGRESSIVISM; HUMAN behavior; POLITICAL doctrines; UNITED States
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