"It is very often asserted that fear is……" — Smiley Blanton

"It is very often asserted that fear is destructive. Yet this is not entirely true; when fear is felt about things that truly threaten security, it is protective. It is very fortunate that humans have an almost unlimited capacity for learning fears; otherwise we would have been eliminated long ago."

— Smiley Blanton

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