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Give your difference, welcome my difference, unify all difference in the larger whole—such is the law of growth.
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The quote presents growth as a balance between individuality and unity. Each person should offer what makes them different and welcome differences in others. The goal is not to erase those differences, but to bring them together within a larger whole. In this view, growth comes from inclusion and cooperation rather than uniformity.
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- Project Gutenberg, The New State (1918)
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