On religion in particular, the time appears to me to have come, when i…

John Stuart Mill
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On religion in particular, the time appears to me to have come, when it is a duty of all who, being qualified in point of knowledge, have, on mature consideration, satisfied themselves that the current opinions are not only false, but hurtful, to make their dissent known. ✨ John Stuart Mill (2015). Autobiography John Stuart Mill: Top Biography, p.20, 谷月社
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