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The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions from the array of facts of the past which their expert assistants bring to them, they have a vision of the future.
Mary Parker Follett
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Mary Parker Follett
Age: 65 †
Born: 1868
Born: September 3
Died: 1933
Died: December 18
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Quincy
Massachusetts
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Power-over is resorted to time without number because people will not wait for the slower process of education.
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In crowds we have unison, in groups harmony. We want the single voice but not the single note that is the secret of the group.
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