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“Only the poor can know all the disadvantages of poverty. Only the rich can know all the disadvantages of wealth.”

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Cullen Hightower, a person of unclear identity, was born in 1923 and passed away on November 27, 2008. His life experiences and contributions are not well-documented, and more information is needed to understand his background. more

“The scientific observer of the realm of nature is in a sense naturally and inevitably disinterested. At least, nothing in the natural scene can arouse his bias. Furthermore, he stands completely outside of the natural so that his mind, whatever his limitations, approximates pure mind. The observer of the realm of history cannot be disinterested in the same way, for two reasons: first, he must look at history from some locus in history; secondly, he is to a certain degree engaged in its ideological conflicts.”

Way Mind Firsts Looks Two Reason Science Certain Natural History Scene Pure Conflict Degrees Limitation Realms Engaged Bias Observers Ideological Disinterested

Author:Reinhold Niebuhr

“History is a realm in which human freedom and natural necessity are curiously intermingled.”

Humans Natural Realms Human Freedom

Author:Reinhold Niebuhr

“There are evidently limits to the achievements of science; and there are irresolvable contradictions both between prosperity and virtue, and between happiness and ``the good life,'' which had not been anticipated in our philosophy.”

Philosophy Virtue Limits Achievement Prosperity Contradiction Good Life

Book:The Irony of American History

Source: The Irony of American History

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