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Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.

John Ruskin

1864

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Reading Confirmation bias

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1864

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John Ruskin

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Ruskin, John. "Of Kings' Treasuries." Dec. 1864, Rusholme, Manchester, England, UK. Lecture.

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