"We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to us."
— Memory

January 1, 1970

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Mental processes
Original Language: English

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Eric Hoffer, "Thoughts of Eric Hoffer", Including: 'Absolute Faith Corrupts Absolutely,'" The New York Times Magazine (April 25, 1971), p. 55, 57.