So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings, it gains rat…

John Stuart Mill
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So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings, it gains rather than loses in stability by having a preponderating weight of argument against it. ✨ John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill (2015). Essays on Sex Equality, p.126, University of Chicago Press
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So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings, it gains rather than loses in stability by having a preponderating weight of argument against it. ✨ John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill (2015). Essays on Sex Equality, p.126, University of Chicago Press

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