Source: Following the Equator (1897), Ch. LXII
“There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.”
"The Spirit of the Age", p. 14.
Company Manners: A Cultural Inquiry into American Life (1954)
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