Optical Position

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“The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

“Your views are now my own.”
—Marvin Cohen, U.S. author and humorist.

In conversation, after having taken a strong position in an argument and heard a complete refutation of his position.