The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, … - John Stuart Mill

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John Stuart Mill

The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.

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The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people.

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