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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1050
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THE BENEFITS OF AN OPEN MIND
The benefits of an Open Mind
A person who has not educated himself to have an open mind is hereby deceived impressively in his attempt to沿用 the fellow year. Of ones that are already learned, for if one is bred in his way of thought, this difficult for him to understand his neighbors and friends. There, our should have certain principles and moral ideas fixed in his mind, but still he should be willing to learn new ideas with the possibility of improving his own institutions and activities, a form of obedient mindfulness. They had been yoked ad remember how heard it was, that difficulty that Henry Ford had in telling "infinite love." Because the pleasure we had in offering them would and could still great labor save devise. They had this accordant to reign below all gases of light, and what won good effect for greatly and much for them. Highest institution are on the standards baseball played in it to be bad luck if they get their wrists chained when they play by a series of people tender of four self-close lucky which others are pearly black cut of dreams, rotten, add, that a little
A person who has not educated himself to have an open mind is handicapped immeasurably in his attempt to get along with his fellow man. If one's ideas are already formed, or if one is biased in his way of thinking, it is difficult for him to understand his neighbors and friends. True, one should have certain principles and moral ideas fixed in his own mind, but still he should be willing to listen to new ideas with the possibility of improving his own.
Superstitions and customs are a form of closed mindedness. Think back a few years and remember how hard it was for Thomas Edison to sell his electric light, or the difficulty that Henry Ford had in selling his "iron horse". Because the people were not open minded, they would not accept the great labor saving devices. They had been accustomed to using horses and gas lights, and what was good enough for grandpa was good enough for them. Superstitions are on this same order. Baseball players believe it to be bad luck if they get their uniforms cleaned while they are playing in a series; some people consider a four leaf clover lucky, while others are scared of black cats. It seems rather odd that a poor little black cat can cause someone some bad luck, or that a piece of grass can have something to do with someone's good fortune. Naturally a closed minded person knows these facts to be true. There's no question about it, they're just true, and
The above is an actual English I theme handed in during the Fall Semester, 1949, at the University of Kansas. These copies are identical except that the one on the right is typed.
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