Robert Staughton Lynd — American Sociologist born on September 26, 1892, died on November 01, 1970

Robert Staughton Lynd was an American sociologist and professor at Columbia University, New York City. Robert and his wife Helen Lynd are best known for writing the groundbreaking "Middletown" studies of Muncie, Indiana - Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture and Middletown in Transition , which are classics of American sociology. Muncie was the first community to be systematically examined by sociologists in the United States... (wikipedia)

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.
Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.
Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.
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