Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a sma…

John Stuart Mill
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Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them, it is necessary to preserve the soil in which they grow. ✨ John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill, p.200, Hackett Publishing
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