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<자유론> 15쪽에서, 책세상, 존 스튜어트 밀, 서병훈 옮김.

_To the beloved and deplored memory of her who was the inspirer, and in
part the author, of all that is best in my writings--the friend and wife
whose exalted sense of truth and right was my strongest incitement, and
whose approbation was my chief reward--I dedicate this volume. Like all
that I have written for many years, it belongs as much to her as to me;
but the work as it stands has had, in a very insufficient degree, the
inestimable advantage of her revision; some of the most important
portions having been reserved for a more careful re-examination, which
they are now never destined to receive. Were I but capable of
interpreting to the world one-half the great thoughts and noble feelings
which are buried in her grave, I should be the medium of a greater
benefit to it than is ever likely to arise from anything that I can
write, unprompted and unassisted by her all but unrivalled wisdom._

<On Liberty> The Project Gutenberg EBook of On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill.

 이 책을 쓰는 과정에서 아내와 나는 연인에서 부부가 되었다. 모자란 게 많은 남편을 둔 그녀는 따뜻한 마음과 예리한 통찰력을 가진 사람이다. 그녀와 함께 지내면서 참으로 많은 것을 배우고 있다. 인생의 기쁨과 어려움을 함께 하는 동반자가 있다는 것만으로도 성공한 삶이 아닐까 생각한다. 우리의 사랑이 의롭기 위하여 바르게 알고 깊이 생각하며 옳은 길을 걷는 부부가 되고 싶다.

<한국 기독교 흑역사> 13-14쪽에서, 짓다, 강성호.

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