| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Carlyle called 'economics the dismal science' not because of its pessimism, but because he objected to its humanitarian optimism, namely that John Stuart Mill (not Malthus or Ricardo) in 1848 believed that all men were equally fit to be civilised, well mannered and educated, including black slaves and 'savages' from and in Africa.
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