Men are apt to attribute the causes of their own failures or their own misfortunes to others than themselves, and to claim association or seek a partnership with real or imaginary greatness with which to divide their sorrows or their mistakes.
Sumner reflects on human nature and the tendency to blame others for personal failures.
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