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Thomas Paine: “It has the singular ability of accommodating itself to all the possible varieties of the human mind.”

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It has the singular ability of accommodating itself to all the possible varieties of the human mind.
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Thomas Paine

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Paine highlights the adaptability of prejudice to different human perspectives.

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