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By John Milton
Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
- Source
- Areopagitica: A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England, 1644
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- John Milton Reading Room, ed. Thomas H. Luxon, Dartmouth College (text with 1644 spelling)
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From Milton's pamphlet Areopagitica (1644), addressed to the English Parliament against the licensing of books before printing. The source says "for opinion in good men", singular; the popular version says "opinions".