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Every Now And Then A Man's Mind Is Stretched By A New Idea Or Sensation, And Never Shrinks Back To Its Former Dimensions.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Every Now And Then A Man's Mind
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every Now And Then A Man's Mind Is Stretched By A New Idea Or Sensation, And Never Shrinks Back To Its Former Dimensions.
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