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I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures; and if such a creature can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go .
I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures; and if such a creature can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go .
Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial
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- John Stuart Mill
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- Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial
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