I'll be Sap'n, an' we'll sail the seven seas

"Oh, the sailor's life's the jolly life,

"The sea, the sea's me real wife;

"A

She twirled off down the sands, toward her house in the distance.

A month later, I saw her with her Daddy, in a sailboat embarking from the pier. Nor could I forget the far-off look in her eyes as the screaming gulls swirled past the sails. Down the dim waters, the dark waters, her ory came back to me:

"Ahoy mates, avast ye swabs! Trim the sails and man the bilge-pumps! Awa-y ho!"

a review

UNDERSTANDING HUMAN NATURE

Alfred Adler (1957 Premier Books)

A new edition of Alfred Adler's classic on psychology has appeared in a pocket book edition. Whereas Adler's name may be forgotten, many of his concepts are remarkably alive in contemporary psychological thought, such as "security motivations", "power compulsions", "inferiority complexes" and "masculine protest."

The pivot of Adler's thought is the will to power, or the desire for dominance and assertion of the ego. Ag being a product of late 19th century Vienna, an era noted for militaristic concepts, it is not surprising to find this thought paramount in his mind.

"We fashion our own experiences.

"The development of the striving for power is the most

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