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We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs subordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.

Eric Hoffer

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Eric Hoffer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 25
Died: 1983
Died: May 21
Philosopher
Psychologist
Writer
New York City
New York
Change
Tests
Subordinates
Without
Inner
Adjust
Self
Crisis
Adjustment
Needs
Prepared
Trembling
Every
Confidence
Wholly
Really
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Test
Undergo
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Esteem
Subordinate
Faces
Radical
Drastic

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