There are no means of finding what either one person or many can do, b…

John Stuart Mill
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There are no means of finding what either one person or many can do, but by trying - and no means by which anyone else can discover for them what it is for their happiness to do or leave undone ✨ John Stuart Mill (2016). The Subjection of Women, p.51, John Stuart Mill
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There are no means of finding what either one person or many can do, but by trying - and no means by which anyone else can discover for them what it is for their happiness to do or leave undone ✨ John Stuart Mill (2016). The Subjection of Women, p.51, John Stuart Mill

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