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Rationalizing is the self-exculpation which occurs when we feel ourselves, or our group, accused of misapprehension or error.
James Harvey Robinson
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James Harvey Robinson
Age: 72 †
Born: 1863
Born: June 29
Died: 1936
Died: February 16
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Bloomington
Illinois
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