So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that e…

John Stuart Mill
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So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. ✨ John Stuart Mill (1870). The Subjection of Women, p.22, Hayes Barton Press
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