Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Personal Epilogue I: The Validity of the Author’s Verbal Behavior. Quote 5

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Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Personal Epilogue I: The Validity of the Author’s Verbal Behavior. Quote 5

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Stating the matter in the most selfish light, I have been trying to get the reader to behave verbally as I behave. (p. 455)

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