Excerpt from Life
There are, I think, but two ways in which we are able to form opinions, or to judge of new thoughts as they are presented to us for consideration. One, the usual, common and vulgar method, adopted, too, by many who consider themselves as educated men, consists in approving or disapproving a thought in accordance with an opinion previously formed of the character of the utterer. If we have been favorably impressed by a man, or the school to which he belongs, we commonly approve what he says. If we dislike him, or his school, we have no liking for his thoughts. This is the short and easy method in ordinary use. It is not confined to ignorant men.
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