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  . ''Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired.'' from “A Letter to a Young Gentleman, Lately Enter’d Into Holy Orders by a Person of Quality”, Jonathan Swift, 1721
  . ''I have heard it remarked, that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion that they have not reasoned themselves into.'' U.S. Congressman Fisher Ames, 1786
  . ''Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired.''
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“A Letter to a Young Gentleman, Lately Enter’d Into Holy Orders by a Person of Quality”, Jonathan Swift, 1721
  . ''I have heard it remarked, that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion that they have not reasoned themselves into.''
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U.S. Congressman Fisher Ames, 1786

Tomorrow's Table

Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

Pamela C. Ronald and Raoul W. Adamchak Beaverton 664 Ron

  • Amazon review quote by Steven D. Savage
    • As Mark Twain said, "you can't reason someone out of a position they weren't reasoned into in the first place."
    • sadly, a misattribution

    • Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired.

      • “A Letter to a Young Gentleman, Lately Enter’d Into Holy Orders by a Person of Quality”, Jonathan Swift, 1721
    • I have heard it remarked, that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion that they have not reasoned themselves into.

      • U.S. Congressman Fisher Ames, 1786

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