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Drifting with the Devil from the Book OUTwitting the devil

Outwitting the devil

-Those who do little or no thinking for themselves are drifters. A drifter is one who permits himself

to be influenced and controlled by circumstances outside

ofhis own mind.

-The mind is nothing more than the sum total of one's habitsI

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Hill mentioned that todays public education system teaches people everything, except how to use their mind.

Think of young chil- dren during kindergarten and first grade. They are enthusi- astic and volunteer for everything, raising their hands and excited to learn.

Now fast-forward...

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I was under the impression that the purpose of all schooling was to help children to think.

That may be the purpose of schooling, but the system in most of the schools of the world does not carry out the pur- pose. School children are taught not to develop and use their own minds, but to ad...

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People who think accurately do not drift on any subject. They recognize the power of their own minds. Moreover, they take over that power and yield it to no person or influence

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