Samuel Butler: And should we not be guilty of consummate folly if we were to reject advantages which we cannot obtain otherwise, merely

And should we not be guilty of consummate folly if we were to reject advantages — Samuel Butler

And should we not be guilty of consummate folly if we were to reject advantages which we cannot obtain otherwise, merely because they involve a greater gain to others than to ourselves?

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