Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing. On Liberty - Page 34by John Stuart Mill - 1913 - 68 pagesFull view - About this book
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...model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develops itself on all sides, according to the tendency of...intelligent following of custom, or even occasionally an intelligent deviation from custom, is better than a blind and simply mechanical adhesion to it. To... | |
| Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pages
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| Great Britain - 1869 - 618 pages
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| William Holme Van Buren - 1869 - 20 pages
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| Education - 1873 - 698 pages
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