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> [We are raising a generation that has a woefully small stock of ideas and interests and emotions. It must be amused at all costs but it has little skill in amusing itself. It pays some of its members to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccracken/we-are-raising-a-generation-that-has-a-woefully-small-stock-of-ideas/)

[Robert McCracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccracken/)

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## More by Robert McCracken

> [Get to know two things about a man. How he earns his money and how he spends it. You will then have the clue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccracken/get-to-know-two-things-about-a-man-how-he-earns-his-money-and-how-he/)

[Robert McCracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccracken/)

> [It is an experiment worth trying to be alone and to be quiet for a brief period every day. Under city conditions it may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccracken/it-is-an-experiment-worth-trying-to-be-alone-and-to-be-quiet-for-a/)

[Robert McCracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccracken/)

> [It is true that we have not deliberately or wholly abandoned the Christian element in our tradition, but does that element count with us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccracken/it-is-true-that-we-have-not-deliberately-or-wholly-abandoned-the/)

[Robert McCracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccracken/)

> [The Sermon on the Mount does not provide humanity with a complete guide to personal, social and economic problems. It sets forth spiritual attitudes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccracken/the-sermon-on-the-mount-does-not-provide-humanity-with-a-complete/)

[Robert McCracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccracken/)

> [We are raising a generation that has a woefully small stock of ideas and interests and emotions. It must be amused at all costs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccracken/we-are-raising-a-generation-that-has-a-woefully-small-stock-of-ideas/)

[Robert McCracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccracken/)

> [Today is the day when bold kites fly, When cumulus clouds roar across the sky. When robins return, when children cheer, When light rain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccracken/today-is-the-day-when-bold-kites-fly-when-cumulus-clouds-roar-across/)

[Robert McCracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccracken/)

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