SOME in their discourse desire rather commendation of wit in being able to hold all arguments than of judgment in discerning what is true, as if it were a praise to know what might be said and not what should be thought. Talks on Talking - Page 134by Grenville Kleiser - 1916 - 156 pagesFull view - About this book
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