![[Freud's] great strength, though sometimes also his weakness, was the quite extraordinary respect he had for the singular fact... When he got hold of a simple but significant fact he would feel, and know, that it was an example of something general or universal, and the idea of collecting statistics on the matter was quite alien to him.](/assets/img/quote-photos/freuds-great-strength-though-sometimes-also-his-weakness-was-the-quite-extra.jpg)
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