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To get others to come into our ways of thinking we must go over to theirs and it is necessary to follow in order to lead.

To get others to come into our ways of thinking we must go over to theirs and it is necessary to follow in order to lead.

Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
William Hazlitt
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1778 to 1830; Wikidata Q126596, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126596 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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