The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every obje…

Thomas Jefferson
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The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson
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