The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.

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Ruth Benedict was a 19th-century American anthropologist and folklorologist. Ruth Fulton Benedict was an American anthropologist and folklorist. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Life — Reflections on the meaning, challenges, and beauty of life

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