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Why it is that two words or phrases which mean precisely the same thing to the intellect, have so different an effect on the emotions, no man can tell.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “Why it is that two words or phrases which mean precisely the same thing to the intellect, have so different an effect on…”
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Hoar contemplates the mysterious emotional impact of different words and phrases that convey the same intellectual meaning.
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