Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and pre…

John Stuart Mill
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Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think. ✨ John Stuart Mill (1859). On Liberty, p.62
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Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think. ✨ John Stuart Mill (1859). On Liberty, p.62

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