"Even after conceding an error, he will forget that he has done so and repeat an assertion that has already been shown to be incorrect - even when he has admitted it to be incorrect."
"But if you really struck one of these fellows so telling a blow that, observed by the audience, he couldn't help but agree, and if you believed that this h…
"Even after conceding an error, he will forget that he has done so and repeat an assertion that has already been shown to be incorrect - even when he has admitted it to be incorrect."
"But if you really struck one of these fellows so telling a blow that, observed by the audience, he couldn't help but agree, and if you believed that this had taken you at least one step forward, your amazement was great the next day. [He] had not the slightest recollection of the day before, he rattled off his same old nonsense as though nothing at all had happened, and, if indignantly challenged, affected amazement; he couldn't remember a thing, except that he had proved the correctness of his assertions the previous day. . . . Gradually, I began to hate them."
"Even after conceding an error, he will forget that he has done so and repeat an assertion that has already been shown to be incorrect - even when he has admitted it to be incorrect."
"But if you really struck one of these fellows so telling a blow that, observed by the audience, he couldn't help but agree, and if you believed that this had taken you at least one step forward, your amazement was great the next day. [He] had not the slightest recollection of the day before, he rattled off his same old nonsense as though nothing at all had happened, and, if indignantly challenged, affected amazement; he couldn't remember a thing, except that he had proved the correctness of his assertions the previous day. . . . Gradually, I began to hate them."