Every man has some peculiar train of thought which he falls back upon when he is alone. This, to a great degree, moulds the man. (Dugald Stewart)

Every man has some peculiar train of thought which he falls back upon when he is alone. This, to a great degree, moulds the man.

Dugald Stewart

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