Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, politics or reli…

Mark Twain
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Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, politics or religion which he got otherwise than through his associations and sympathies. Broadly speaking, there are none but corn-pone opinions. And broadly speaking, Corn-Pone stands for Self-Approval. Self-approval is acquired mainly from the approval of other people. The result is Conformity. ✨ Mark Twain (2004). The Portable Mark Twain, p.514, Penguin
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