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“We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking. And out of it we get an aggregation which we consider a boon. Its name is public opinion. It is held in reverence. Some think it the voice of God.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Corn-Pone Opinions (1925)
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- b50eb2012d349424e36adec80e868d320725b1e643342ba0498a5bbd76bc95d6
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