Our minds thus grow in spots and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can.
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Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible; we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can. We patch and tinker more than we renew. The novelty soaks in; it stains the ancient mass; but it is also tinged by what absorbs it.
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Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.
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Time cools, time clarifies no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.
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Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
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