The idea of what the public will think prevents the public from ever t…

William Hazlitt
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The idea of what the public will think prevents the public from ever thinking at all, and acts as a spell on the exercise of private judgment. ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated), p.1118, Delphi Classics
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The idea of what the public will think prevents the public from ever thinking at all, and acts as a spell on the exercise of private judgment. ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated), p.1118, Delphi Classics

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