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"On page 340, So much to ponder in these few chapters. I especially liked the thoughts on naming. Do we grow into our names? Do they define us, or do we define them? Samuel says "I've never known whether the name is molded by the child or the child changed to fit the name. But you can be sure of this--whenever a human has a nickname it is a proof that the name given him was wrong."" — 16 hours, 23 min ago
"On page 340, So much to ponder in these few chapters. I especially liked the thoughts on naming. Do we grow into our names? Do they define us, or do we define them? Samuel says "I've never known whether the name is molded by the child or the child changed to fit the name. But you can be sure of this--whenever a human has a nickname it is a proof that the name given him was wrong."" — 16 hours, 23 min ago
