Above all, the ability to ...

Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice.
Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice.
 Jacques Barzun

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We may complain and cavil at the anarchy which is the amateurs natural element, but in soberness we must agree that if the amateur did not exist it would be necessary to invent him.
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