The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view t…

Samuel Johnson
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The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are now before it. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1756). The Rambler: In Four Volumes, p.214
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