It is useful that while mankind are imperfect there should be differen…

John Stuart Mill
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It is useful that while mankind are imperfect there should be different opinions, so is it that there should be different experiments of living; that free scope should be given to varieties of character, short of injury to others. ✨ On Liberty: Mill's Works.
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It is useful that while mankind are imperfect there should be different opinions, so is it that there should be different experiments of living; that free scope should be given to varieties of character, short of injury to others. ✨ On Liberty: Mill's Works.

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