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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 2.

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Mill, John Stuart. "On Liberty." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 5.

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We cannot reform our forefathers.

George Eliot

Adam Bede

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Eliot, George. Adam Bede. Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1859, ch. 53.

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Eliot, George. Adam Bede, edited by Carol A. Martin. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 53.

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From the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows.

Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

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Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 14.

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Darwin, Charles. The Origin of the Species, edited by William Bynum. Penguin, 2009, ch. 14.

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If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case.

Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

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Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 6.

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Darwin, Charles. The Origin of the Species, edited by William Bynum. Penguin, 2009, ch. 6.

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He was like a cock, who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

George Eliot

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Eliot, George. Adam Bede. Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1859, ch. 33.

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Eliot, George. Adam Bede, edited by Carol A. Martin. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 33.

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Every one who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit.

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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 4.

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Mill, John Stuart. "On Liberty." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 4.

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The individual is not accountable to society for his actions, in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.

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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 5.

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Mill, John Stuart. "On Liberty." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 5.

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The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Henry David Thoreau

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Thoreau, Henry David. Journal entry. 26 Sept. 1859.

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If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 2.

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Mill, John Stuart. "On Liberty." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 2.

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To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity, among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization.

Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin." 30 Sep. 1859, Milwawkee, WI, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Finality, Sir, is not the language of politics.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Disraeli, Benjamin. Speech about the Representation of the People. House of Commons. 28 Feb. 1859, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor-such is my idea of happiness.

Leo Tolstoy

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Tolstoy, Leo. Семейное счастіе [Family Happiness]. The Russian Messenger, 1859.

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Tolstoy, Leo. Family Happiness, translated by J. D. Duff. Harper Perennial, 2009.

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I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

George Meredith

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Meredith, George. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of Father and Son. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859, ch. 1.

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But, friend, to me
He is all fault who hath no fault at all:
For who loves me must have a touch of earth.

Alfred Tennyson

Idylls of the King

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Tennyson, Alfred. "Lancelot and Elaine." Idylls of the King. London: Edward Moxon, 1859, I. 131-133.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Lancelot and Elaine." Idylls of the King, edited by J. M. Gray. Penguin Classics, 1989, I. 131-133.

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The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

Samuel Smiles

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Smiles, Samuel. Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 8.

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Smiles, Samuel. Self-Help, edited by Peter W. Sinnema. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 8.

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Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.

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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 1.

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Mill, John Stuart. "On Liberty." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 1.

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The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way.

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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 1.

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Mill, John Stuart. "On Liberty." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 1.

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Public opinion in this country is everything.

Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln, Abraham. Speech at Columbus, Ohio. 16 Sept. 1859, Columbus, OH, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech at Columbus, Ohio, September 16, 1859." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.