<P> "Square peg in a round hole" is an idiomatic expression which describes the unusual individualist who could not fit into a niche of their society . </P> <P> The metaphor was originated by Sydney Smith in "On the Conduct of the Understanding", one of a series of lectures on moral philosophy that he delivered at the Royal Institution in 1804--06: </P>

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