Where are there are two desires in a man's heart he has no choice betw…

Mark Twain
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Where are there are two desires in a man's heart he has no choice between the two but must obey the strongest, there being no such thing as free will in the composition of any human being that ever lived. ✨ Mark Twain (2015). Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, p.126, Univ of California Press
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