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Is there any moral enormity which might not be justified by imitation of such a Deity?
John Stuart Mill
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John Stuart Mill
Age: 67 †
Born: 1806
Born: January 1
Died: 1873
Died: January 1
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Every established fact which is too bad to admit of any other defence is always presented to us as an injunction of religion.
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Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.
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The habit of analysis has a tendency to wear away the feelings.
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... All ideas need to be heard, because each idea contains one aspect of the truth. By examining that aspect, we add to our own idea of the truth. Even ideas that have no truth in them whatsoever are useful because by disproving them, we add support to our own ideas.
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The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.
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