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Old 01-04-2010, 02:52 AM   #142
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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj View Post
Yes, I don't have it traced to the source, just to here: http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/04/25/outrage/

It does appear to be the very same conclusion.
The Internet is a virtual Child's Garden of Misinformation. I would sooner trust an ex-con turned used-car salesman with my life savings on a handshake deal than to trust the accuracy of 99% of "Quotations" pages on the Internet, the vast majority of which see no reason to give sources. Sometimes I think there are as many bogus quotes out there and genuine ones. My rule is simple: Give me chapter and verse. Unless I see an original source given, I assume to quotation to be hearsay.

One of the most frequent things I see done is people taking a genuine quotation and adding to it or altering it in some way that more closely reflects their own inclinations. This is nothing new, and has been going on for as long as writing has been around. This seems to be what was done with this quotation. Certainly the tail-end of what was posted on scienceaddiction.com was very close to Madison's own words, but where did the rest of that quote come from?
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