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1,342. Bias; Nurturing
"We must learn how to separate the real character from extraneous adhesions and casual circumstances, to consider closely him whom we are about to adopt or reject; to regard his inclinations as well as his actions; to trace out those virtues which lie torpid in the heart for want of opportunity, and those vices that lurk unseen by the absence of temptation; that when we find worth faintly shooting in the shades of obscurity, we may let in light and sunshine upon it, and ripen barren volition into efficacy and power."
Johnson: Rambler #166 (October 19, 1751)
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