James Mill Quote

It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is.


The Article Government: Reprinted from the Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica (ed. 1821)


It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is.

It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is.

It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is.

It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is.