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"[T]hough we could not understand or recognize an authority for which there was no kind of reason, we do not expect to see these reasons recapitulated at length on every occasion when the authority is consulted, deferred to, followed, or obeyed. Indeed, it is a more typical instance of compliance with authority to stop because a policeman has put up a traffic sign than to stop because he has explained exhaustively the plan for diverting the traffic, and in some [sic!] cases authority cannot function once there has been a complete explanation of the matter in hand: a person who understands a pronouncement completely, with all the reasons for it, can no longer accept it on authority (though [she or] he may still accept it), and Dr. Johnson's dictionary cannot be consulted as an authority by Dr. Johnson" (106).

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