Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
This quote means, to me, that once you have envisioned a new thought or idea that your mind shall be forever changed. The mind shall be changed in such a way that the original thought of the matter will never again take its original form. The new idea will now affect the thought process in which you use to visualize the situation dealing with the subject at hand. Your mind will never again revert back to your former grasp of the subject. One piece of new information can change everything you thought about something. For example, one of your friends got in a fight with another one of your friends. Hearing one side of the story can create a conclusion you think to be true. Then, upon hearing the other side of the story, your mind and your former conclusion are completely changed. What you once thought was fact has now become fiction. Even the smallest detail can "stretch" your mind and you can lose the old idea. This is a part of life we have all come across at some point and will see it again in soon time. It is for this reason that I chose Mr.Holmes, Jr.'s quote above all others.
Thoughtful posts from the great minds in Mrs. Dupuy's English I Honors classes.
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