The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

Part of what you must learn is how to handle mistakes and new facts that change the odds.Life, in part, is like a poker game wherein you have to learn to quit sometimes when holding a much-loved hand.