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A cardinal American virtue, 'ambition,' promotes a cardinal American vice, 'deviant behavior.
Robert K. Merton
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Robert K. Merton
Age: 92 †
Born: 1910
Born: July 4
Died: 2003
Died: February 23
Sociologist
Sociologist Of Science
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Robert King Merton
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