"It is right to be content with what we have, but never with what we are."
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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomLawyers from ScotlandJuristsEssayists from ScotlandPoliticians from Scotland
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh Vol. I (1835), edited by his son Robert James Mackintosh. London: Edward Moxon, p. 482.
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James Mackintosh
Sir James Mackintosh (October 24, 1765 – May 30, 1832) was a Scottish jurist, politician and historian. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a journalist, judge, administrator, professor and philosopher.
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