Some minds are made of blotting-paper: you can write nothing on th

Some minds are made of blotting-paper: you can write nothing on them distinctly. They swallow the ink, and you find a large spot. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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