When the opinions of masses of merely average men are everywhere become or becoming the dominant power, the counterpoise and corrective to that tendency would be, the more and more pronounced individuality of those who stand on the higher eminences of thought. It is in these circumstances most especially, that exceptional individuals, instead of being deterred, should be encouraged in acting differently from the mass. … In this age the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service.
- J. S. Mill
- J. S. Mill
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