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“Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world — and never will.”
Provenance
- Source:
- "Consistency" (5 December 1887). This quote is engraved on Twain's bust in the National Hall of Fame
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 6c0396bc6843068cd52ee1d8f669c8cfbddcfe5022611210efcbe26d95526b5a
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