"For philosophy and history alike have taught...to seek not what is "safe," but what is true."
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Henry Sidgwick, Letter to the Times, February 20, 1861.
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Henry Sidgwick
Henry Sidgwick (31 May 1838 ā 28 August 1900) was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist.
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