"But such is the nature of the human mind, that it always lays hold on every mind that approaches it; and as it is wonderfully fortified by an unanimity of sentiments, so is it shocked and disturbed by any contrariety."
Of Parties in General [from Essays Moral and Political]
David, Hume, <u>Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary</u>. Edited by Eugene F. Miller (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 1987). &lt;<a href="http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/704/137492">Link to OLL</a>&gt;
