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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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Marriage is the only actual bondage known to our law. There remain no legal slaves, except the mistress of every house.
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As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions.
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