Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
That advice seems to be predicated on poor reasoning. Not only are most eccentric opinions that have been held not accepted, those that gain the benefit of the eccentric opinions on their way to being accepted are not necessarily those that first hold them.
Not only are most eccentric opinions that have been held not accepted those that gain the benefit of the eccentric opinions on their way to being accepted are not necessarily those that first hold them.
I gave up trying to parse that sentence after the third attempt. Punctuation exists for a reason! :-)
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