... what is really inspiriting and ennobling in the doctrine of freewi…

John Stuart Mill
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... what is really inspiriting and ennobling in the doctrine of freewill, is the conviction that we have real power over the formation of our own character; that our will, by influencing some of our circumstances, can modify our future habits or capabilities of willing. ✨ John Stuart Mill (2015). Autobiography John Stuart Mill: Top Biography, p.77, 谷月社
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