It is given to no human being to stereotype a set of truths, and walk …

John Stuart Mill
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It is given to no human being to stereotype a set of truths, and walk safely by their guidance with his mind's eye closed. ✨ John Bowring, John Stuart Mill (1837). The London and Westminster Review, p.349
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It is given to no human being to stereotype a set of truths, and walk safely by their guidance with his mind's eye closed. ✨ John Bowring, John Stuart Mill (1837). The London and Westminster Review, p.349

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