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The American Psychological Association for permission to draw upon four of
the author's papers--from the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology: "Com-
plexity-simplicity as a personality dimension," Vol. 48, 2, Apr. 1963; "The disposi-
tion toward originality," Vol. 51, 3, Nov. 1955; from the Journal of Consulting
Psychology: "Test correlates of improvement in psychotherapy," Aug. 1953, Vol.
XVII, 4, 235-241; and "An ego-strength scale which predicts response to psycho-
therapy," Oct. 1953, Vol. XVII, 5, 327-333.

Harper and Row for permission to reprint material from the author's "A case
study of a residual" in Clinical Studies of Personality, edited by Arthur Burton and
Robert E. Harris.

The Journal of Personality for permission to draw upon two of the author's
papers-- "Some personality correlates of independence of judgment," Vol. 21, 3,
Mar. 1953, and "Originality in relation to personality and intellect," Vol. 25, 6,
Dec. 1957.

C. F. Maclntyre and the University of California Press for permission to quote
from Mr. MacIntyre English translation of Sonnets to Orpheus, by Ruiner Maria
Rilke.

The Society of Authors, literary representative of the Estate of the late A. E.
Housman and the Messrs. Jonathan Cape Ltd., and Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
Inc. for permission to reprint "Oh, when I was in love with you" from A. E. Housman's
Collected Poems. U.S. Copyright © 1959 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.

The University of California Press for permission to reprint a somewhat condensed
version of the author's monograph, Personal Soundness is University Graduate Stu-
dents.

The University of Minnesota Press for material from the author's chapter en-
titled "Ego-strength and the management of aggression" in Basic Readings in the
MMPI in Psychology and Medicine, edited by George S. Welsh and Grant Dahlstrom
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