Harry A. Overstreet
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Biography
Harry Allen Overstreet was an American writer and lecturer, and a popular author on modern psychology and sociology. His 1949 book, The Mature Mind, was a substantial best-seller that sold over 500,000 copies by 1952.
"The immature mind hops from one thing to another the mature mind seeks to follow through."
"To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill... it is in fact the consuming illness of our time."
"The immature mind hops from one thing to another the mature mind seeks to follow through."
"Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight they play up that fight. If they can uncover a tragedy they will headline that tragedy."