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Stephen Jay Gould

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.

Stephen Jay Gould

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Stephen Jay Gould is saying that nothing is more damaging than having a person's growth and potential cut short because someone else unfairly sets limits on them. These external restrictions are wrongly seen as if they come from the person's own abilities or nature, which is a deep injustice.

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