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The great majority of those who speak of perfectibility as a dream, do so because they feel that it is one which would afford them no pleasure if it were realized.

'Speech on Perfectibility' (1828) in 'Autobiography' (ed. Harold J. Laski, 1924) p. 290
The great majority of those who speak of perfectibility as a dream, do so because they feel that it is one which would afford them no pleasure if it were realized.