Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. quote about mind from The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table - 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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“ Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions. ”
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). copy citation

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Author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Source The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
Topic mind thought development evolution sensation
Date 1858
Language English
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. quote about mind from The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table - Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. quote about mind from The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table - Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.