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There are people upon whom a new fact comes with an almost shattering impact; they give in to it at once, their preconceptions do not withstand the buffet of a new truth. Their one hatred is to be holding the wrong end of the stick, and they are easily made aware and are gratefully repentant when proved in the wrong.
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Mcfate, P.A. (1983). The Populace Mind: I. In: McFate, P.A. (eds) Uncollected Prose of James Stephens. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17091-3_21
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