John Stuart Mill Quotes About Imitation
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Is there any moral enormity which might not be justified by imitation of such a Deity?
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He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.
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He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. He who chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties. He must use observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and when he has decided, firmness and self-control to hold to his deliberate decision.
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