That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the ti…

John Stuart Mill
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That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. ✨ John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill, p.202, Hackett Publishing
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That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. ✨ John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill, p.202, Hackett Publishing

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