It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day’s toil of any human being.
JOHN STUART MILL
JOHN STUART MILL
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill98 quotes“It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day’s toil of any human being.”
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