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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Quotes: Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
         

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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