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In a ''Collier’s'' article, [Pierre] Mendes-France<ref>French Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1954-55, [[w:Pierre Mendès France|Mendès-France]] (1907-82), wrote an account of his 1941 escape from a Vichy prison, “Escape: How I Fled to Freedom,” in the December 24, 1954 issue of ''Collier’s''.</ref> wrote about climbing a wall after he had studied it for six months from the window of his cell. Studying it that way he saw tiny crevices and cracks which would give him hand-holds up the vertical face. This is an active demonstration of the values of concentration, and the need to liberate oneself from the word. A “wall” means something one cannot climb. But suppose one approaches a wall with the idea that it is climbable. Immediately it is converted in meaning to its opposite—a road, an escape. | In a ''Collier’s'' article, [Pierre] Mendes-France<ref>French Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1954-55, [[w:Pierre Mendès France|Mendès-France]] (1907-82), wrote an account of his 1941 escape from a Vichy prison, “Escape: How I Fled to Freedom,” in the December 24, 1954 issue of ''Collier’s''.</ref> wrote about climbing a wall after he had studied it for six months from the window of his cell. Studying it that way he saw tiny crevices and cracks which would give him hand-holds up the vertical face. This is an active demonstration of the values of concentration, and the need to liberate oneself from the word. A “wall” means something one cannot climb. But suppose one approaches a wall with the idea that it is ''climbable''. Immediately it is converted in meaning to its opposite—a road, an escape. | ||
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In a Collier’s article, [Pierre] Mendes-France[1] wrote about climbing a wall after he had studied it for six months from the window of his cell. Studying it that way he saw tiny crevices and cracks which would give him hand-holds up the vertical face. This is an active demonstration of the values of concentration, and the need to liberate oneself from the word. A “wall” means something one cannot climb. But suppose one approaches a wall with the idea that it is climbable. Immediately it is converted in meaning to its opposite—a road, an escape.
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- ↑ French Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1954-55, Mendès-France (1907-82), wrote an account of his 1941 escape from a Vichy prison, “Escape: How I Fled to Freedom,” in the December 24, 1954 issue of Collier’s.
