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But I think, on the whole, that I should rather have the pair of intellectual eyes which can see Homer as he saw him, than any other mental quality I can think of.
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Hoar expresses a preference for the ability to perceive Homer as he originally did, valuing that perspective over other intellectual qualities.
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