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Narrowness of vision often obstructs acceptance of truth.

From In His Image by Bryan, William Jennings

Narrowness, lack of tolerance, prejudice, and similar forms of undeveloped consciousness must be wiped out by the broad understanding and sympathy that come only from experience.

From Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect by Atkinson, William Walker

Your greatest Uneasiness, said he, arose from the Narrowness of your Circumstances; but mine proceeds from an internal, and much deeper Cause.

From Zadig Or, The Book of Fate by Voltaire

I never saw those at Versailles: But in my Opinion, the Walks at Aranjuez, tho' noble in their length, lose much of their Beauty by their Narrowness.

From Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton by Defoe, Daniel

Narrowness, however, is always compensated by intensity, which in the end becomes fanaticism.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)