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excuses them from the effort of trying, doesn’t
it?

To illustrate this phenomenon in human
behavior, I found a most interesting story about
U.S. President William McKinley (1897-1901).
He was the 25th President, as well as one of
four U.S. Presidents assassinated while serving
as President. His wife and First Lady, Ida
Saxton McKinley, was a frail woman according
to reports, and she would begin to feel ill when
President McKinley had important guests or
cabinet meetings. She would complain so
tenaciously that the President would have to lie
in the bed next to her — holding her to provide
her with the comfort and attention she
required. He would then have to reschedule his
engagements. I can only speculate as to the
reasons behind her behavior, but the fact that
the McKinley’s daughters died at a very young
age may have something to do with it.
Do you ever wonder how people survived
without antidepressants? I find that the use of
antidepressants in America is alarming, as is the
administering of drugs to children with the
ADHD or ADD syndrome. As Simon Sinek

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