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Any man is free to use his memories and experiences either destructively or constructively: it is up to him which use he makes of them. That environment, circumstances, heredity, and other well-known factors may influence what he does with them is true enough; but what he is, what character and tendencies he expresses, were transmitted from former births, were present before he acquired the attributes mentioned.

-- Notebooks Category 9: From Birth to Rebirth > Chapter 2 : Rebirth and Reincarnation > # 96