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Everything needed seems to come out from the secret storehouses of the mind, even the things that have lain there forgotten, rusting and unused.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar describes the mental process of recalling forgotten ideas during a speech, highlighting the power of the mind.

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