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Judgement is given to men that they may use it. Because it may be used erroneously, are men to be told that they ought not to use it at all?
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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The ne plus ultra of wickedness ... is embodied in what is commonly presented to mankind as the creed of Christianity.
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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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The sole evidence it is possible to produce that anything is desirable, is that people do actually desire it.
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Art is the employent of the powers of nature for an end.
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