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[xthe10thdoctor]

Can anyone confirm that Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., said, "A mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions."

It's attributed to him all over the web, but I can't pin down a source.

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[acciptersolis.livejournal.com]

_The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table_ by Oliver Wendell Holmes. "Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions." (Pg. 325).

http://books.google.com/books?id=V_UVAAAAYAAJ

Google Books and a loose Boolean search field, for the win!

[acciptersolis.livejournal.com]

Right after that line, he says he felt that way after looking at the Alps. There's a larger context too, but I didn't read enough to check it.

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