Whatevercrushesindividualityisdespotism, bywhatevernameitmaybecalled.

—JOHNSTUARTMILL, OnLiberty.

Rightthinkingfitsforcompletelivingbydevelopingthepowertoappreciatethebeautifulinnatureandart, powertothinkthetrueandtowillthegood, powertolivethelifeofthought, andfaith, andhope, andlove.

—, ThinkingandLearningtoThink.

Thespeaker'smostvaluablepossessionispersonality—thatindefinable, imponderablesomethingwhichsumsupwhatweare, andmakesusdifferentfromothers; , withitsgainsandlosses, itsdutiesandjoys, andwegrovel."Fewhumancreatures," saysJohnStuartMill, "wouldconsenttobechangedintoanyoftheloweranimalsforapromiseofthefullestallowanceofabeast'spleasures; nointelligenthumanbeingwouldconsenttobeafool, noinstructedpersonwouldbeanignoramus, nopersonoffeelingandconsciencewouldbeselfishandbase, eventhoughheshouldbepersuadedthatthefool, orthedunce, ortherascalisbettersatisfiedwithhislotthantheywiththeirs....Itisbettertobeahumanbeingdissatisfiedthanapigsatisfied, , ."

, allhishappiness, hissorrow, hisachievements, hisfailures, hismagnetism, hisweakness, : "Asamanthinkethinhisheartsoishe." Ashedoesnotthinkinhisheartsohecanneverbecome.

Sincethisistrue, 'slawsthatweforecast, scoresofyearsinadvance, : itappliestoourmentalpowers, tomorality, topersonality, quiteasmuchastotheheavenlybodiesandthegrainofthefields."Whatsoeveramansoweththatshallhealsoreap," andnothingelse.