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To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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"To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

About Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was a Judge from United States (1841–1935).

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This quote is attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., a Judge from United States.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. lived from 1841 – 1935.