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Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses. — John Locke

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Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses.

John Locke
An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding · 1690
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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, edited by Pauline Phemister. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 1, sect. 15.
Original citation
Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. London: Thomas Basset, 1690, bk. 2, ch. 1, sect. 15.

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