Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or m…

John Stuart Mill
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Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians. ✨ John Stuart Mill (1867). Inaugural Addresse, Delivered to the University of St. Andrews: Feb. 1st 1867, p.4
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