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" 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. "
liberty - Page 107
by john stuart mill - 1859
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On Liberty

John Stuart Mill - Political Science - 1859 - 216 pages
...model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develope itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a i living thing._J s It will probably be conceded that it is desirable people should exercise their...
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On Liberty

John Stuart Mill - Political Science - 1863 - 232 pages
...tendency of the inward forces which ^ *y .; make it a living thing. .' >& It will probably 'be"cohceded that it is" 'desirable people should exercise their...better than" a blind and simply mechanical adhesion' _to it. To a certain extent it is admitted, that our understanding should be our own : but there is...
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Country Towns, and the Place They Fill in Modern Civilization. By the Author ...

Elizabeth C. T. Carne - Cities and towns - 1868 - 204 pages
...MILL, in his work on liberty, speaks of human nature as " 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." In most cases an illustration is not meant to be strictly correct, and therefore is not a fair subject...
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Medical study, A.D. 1869

William Holme Van Buren - 1869 - 20 pages
...model, and set to do exactly the work required of 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." The want of so-called classical education is a disadvantage to the American student, which requires...
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The Church Herald, Issue 1; Issue 11126

Great Britain - 1869 - 618 pages
...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."* 6. — Finally, if it be the State's office " to ensure the conditions necessary for the free growth...
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On Liberty

John Stuart Mill - Liberty - 1878 - 98 pages
...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...understandings, and that an intelligent following of custom, or evcu occasionally an intelligent de viation from custom, is better than a blind and simply mechanical...
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Trade Unions: Their Origin and Objects, Influence and Efficacy

William Trant - Labor unions - 1884 - 206 pages
...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." There would, in a purely co-operative state of society, be no struggle, no desire on the part of men...
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Good Housekeeping Magazine, Volume 6

Home economics - 1888 - 364 pages
...be built after a model and set to do a certain work, 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." Would it be possible to change a maple into an oak by cultivation ? Furnish richer soil, remove obstructions...
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The Greatest Works of the Greatest Authors, Ancient and Modern ...

Literature - 1894 - 916 pages
...model, and set to do exactly he work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop piness .vhich make it a living thing. It will probably be conceded that it is desirable people should exercise...
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On Liberty: The Subjection of Women

John Stuart Mill - Liberty - 1895 - 404 pages
...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...living thing. It will probably be conceded that it is de sirable people should exercise their understandings, and that an intelligent following of custom,...
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