玛格丽特·米德/MargaretMead
Childrenusedtoplayagameofpointingatsomeonesuddenly, saying：“Whatareyou?”Somepeopleansweredbysaying：“Iamahumanbeing，”orbynationality, , Ianswered：“Ananthropologist.”Anthropologyisthestudyofwholewaysoflife, towhichonemustbecompletelycommitted, , asaperson, IcannotseparatethisfromwhatIbelieveasananthropologist.
, butalsouponthegreatsocialinventionswhichhavebeenmadebyhumanbeings, perpetuatedbyhumanbeings, andinturngivehumanbeingstheirstatureasbuilders, thinkers, statesmen, artists, —language, thefamily, theuseoftools, government, science, artandphilosophy—hasthequalityofsocombiningthepotentialitiesofeveryhumantemperament, thateachcanbelearnedandperpetuatedbyanygroupofhumanbeings, regardlessofrace, andregardlessofthetypeofcivilizationwithinwhichtheirprogenitorslived, sothatanewborninfantfromthemostprimitivetribeinNewGuineaisasintrinsicallycapableofgraduationfromHarvard, , heembodiestheculturewithinwhichheisreared, anddiffersfromthosewhoarerearedelsewhere, sodeeply, thatonlybyunderstandingthesedifferencescanwereachanawarenesswhichwillgiveusanewcontroloverourhumandestiny.
