To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill... it is in fact the consuming illness of our time.
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About Harry A. Overstreet

Harry A. Overstreet was a 19th-century American philosopher. Harry Allen Overstreet was an American writer and lecturer, and a popular author on modern psychology and sociology. His 1949 book, The Mature Mind, was a substantial best-seller that sold over 500,000 copies by 1952. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Fear — Understanding and overcoming the anxieties that hold us back

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