It is not important whether or not the interpretation is correct — if men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.
The Child in America ch. 13 (1928). Coauthored with Dorothy Swaine Thomas.
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It is not important whether or not the interpretation is correct — if men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.