Essay•Social Criticism•Philosophy
Corn-Pone Opinions
Mark Twain(1901)
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Pages: 12
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-14-043704-1
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Twain's essay on conformity and the human tendency to adopt popular opinions.
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We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking.
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Its name is Public Opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it the Voice of God.
We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking. And out of it we get an aggregation which we consider a boon. Its name is Public Opinion.
A man without a party is an outcast. He cannot even get a chance to betray something.
The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.
We are creatures of outside influences; as a rule we do not think, we only imitate.