How to be happy though human / by W. Béran Wolfe.
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not afraid of ideas, for those who believe that many
tragedies may be avoided, for those fighting optimists who
believe that human happiness is attainable, and for those
who prefer to live in the conscious knowledge of life's
implications rather than to “ muddle through ” it by a
process of unconscious vegetation.
Countless ideas derived from the works of other writers
have inevitably been incorporated in a treatise of this
scope. To acknowledge these copious borrowings in
detail would necessitate so extensive a bibliography that,
for purely practical reasons, the writer must forego the
adequate acknowledgement of many valuable sources of
his information. The author wishes, however, to acknow¬
ledge specifically his profound debt to his friend and
teacher, Dr. Alfred Adler, and to his colleague, Dr. Erwin
Wexberg, in the translation of whose books he has
derived so much valuable knowledge and insight.
Special acknowledgement, also, is due to Miss Nannine
Joseph for her generous help in the preparation of
the manuscript.
The cases cited in the text have been drawn from the
author’s private and clinical practice. Needless to say,
names, dates, and places, together with all personal data
which would lead to identification of the individuals
concerned, have been altered to preclude all possibility
of recognition. The author must express his deep
appreciation to these patients for the insight they have
vouchsafed him into the dynamics of human conduct.
Without their help he could not have written this
volume, not would he have presumed to offer his counsel
to others had not they demonstrated its validity in the
conduct of their lives. The author can ask no better
reward for his labours than that an occasional reader will
be encouraged to essay the task of psychological self-
education, or be helped by these pages towards a new
insight into his own nature, or a better understanding of
his fellow-men.