It is an infirmity of our nature to mingle our interests and prejudices with the operation of our reasoning powers, and attribute to the objects of our likes and dislikes qualities they do not possess and effects they can not produce.
Jackson reflects on human nature's tendency to let biases affect reasoning and judgment.
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