 In short, herein seems to lie the difference between idiots and madmen, that madmen put wrong ideas together, and so make wrong propositions, but argue and reason right from them; but idiots make very few or no propositions, and reason scarce * at all.  Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician - Page 31by Samuel Warren - 1838Full view - About this book
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