Pride Goeth Before the Fall
I grew up surrounded by Bootstrap Protestants, both in my communities and in my family. These were people who thought that anything worth doing was worth doing on your own, no matter what. Better to be a struggling self-sufficient man than to accept a handout or charity from anybody.
Certainly, there is something very American about it all. We’re hardwi…
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