Lewis, Edwin Herbert (1866-1938)

Some Definitions of Individualism [from The American Journal of Sociology]

1911

"A friend may almost literally pour out his soul into our waiting ears, or we may almost literally read it in his eyes."

I have put this in a much more fluid way than any sober psychologist would subscribe to--because the psychologist must keep the self in some sense responsible. But the researches of the psychiatrists have shown that more than one abnormal mind can actually function in one body, and it is quite clear that normal mind is some sort of collective, "active," and social process. A friend may almost literally pour out his soul into our waiting ears, or we may almost literally read it in his eyes.
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Edwin Herbert Lewis,"Some Definitions of Individualism" The American Journal of Sociology 17:2 (1911): 223-253. <Link to Google Books>

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