Special Stages

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    In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable than virile; on the continent of Europe it often means that its owner makes a special claim to virility.
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    America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security.
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