This quote means that humans can always find a flaw in someone else in order to make themselves bigger than others. People refuse to let go of flaws, they believe in an idea of perfection and so we say blue eyed blondes are beautiful versus saying we are all beautiful in our own way.
In simpler terms, we refuse to see our differences as perfect.
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Well I would say that one of the central themes in Ernest Shackleton's South can be analyzing the complexity of the fight between the individuals and the society along with its "norms", in a world where nature is somewhat relentless towards humans. Hope this helped.
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