The Crucible of Doubt
My hosannahs have all be forged in the crucible of doubt.
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According to Dr. George Watson at the University of Delaware, Karl Menninger was an early psychoanalyst who was probably referring to the criminal mind in this quote. Dr. Watson provides an expanded context of the quote.
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