, 1873-05-12
THE LATE Mr., MILL,

Tho dispatches which bring uB tho sud tidi,1ga
Of the death OF John Stuart hill announce TINT
ho has loft III manuscript hie autobiography.
lug, thia will probably DO the ono nost eagerly
and widely porubed. Mr.. Mills influence haa
oxtondod over tho whole Civilized world, through
tho medium Of o comparatively small nutnbor Of
porsons. Tho works to which ho applied him
Bolf woro mainly Of m abstruao and forbidding
typo. They wbro euoh as attract only highly
cultivated minds, md only portion Of thoso.
Their influence aud permanent vaiue consist III
tho fact that thoy lie ut tho ground
work Of knowledge. He cBaayed to 60 ovor
ngain tho pathways Of Aristotle and
Bacon, not aa ar imitator, but aa an indopond-
cut thinker, toostablIsh tho limits OF tho human
mnd and to delue tho procoasos Of it's opora-
tion, Whethor His Byatem Of Logic, which on-
bracea tho host results Of this gigantic uudor~
talling, bo altogether truo, partly Detective is
question upon which future generations will
probably DO rs much divided ns tho prcaont. It
Ia certain that no discussion of tho subject Gun
DO complete which iguoros what ho has .said.
His latest critic, II. Taine, deems 1t incomplete
III confining human knowledge to tho limits OF
Experience. An American critic, Mr..
Rowland q. Hazard. has ingoniously at-
tucked Lis theory or definition OF
Causation. But whatever may. bo eaid Of tlio
details, cyon upon 30 important branches az
those, it remnina that llis "Logc 'ia tho bost
extant work OIL that subject mud ii probably tho
ono upon which ho prcferrod that his famo as o
thinker ahould rest. ).
In lia Address to tho Htulonts Of st. And
rows University probably tho most compro7
honsiye oasay on tho belongings OF u nboral odu-
cation that tho English languago nffords-ho
Haia TINT tho thing which distinguishes one man
nboyo another in intellectual stature is the
ability to Judge Of tho yaluo Of oyidouco.. This
ia very broad definition, and tho more 1t is
examined, tho moro truo 1t appears. What docs
this Or that fact aignify-in law history, physical
eolenco, political or Boetnl philosophy It may
signify one thing or many things. It may slgni-
fy tho worry opposite Of what appears ou tho sur-
faco. To CopornicuH tho apparent motion Of
tho heavenly bodies signitlod something far diff
feront FROM wl,at his predecesaorahad conceived.
To Adam Smith tho utility OF obtaining by OK
change that which could be procured by loHa
effort tlnu by direct production, seo1ned aa true
whom applied to nations no to inlividuala, al-
| though his contemporaries did not so regard 1t.
Mr. Mills was prominently ono Of those minds
qualified nnd trained to judge Of tho valuo OF
ovidonco and thiu qualification mado him the
| first authority aud foremost oxpoundel
| Of Political Ecouomy In tho world. Al.
though not claiming " to be dfaoovoro'
Of now truths in this aclenoo, but ,.ratlol
l. surveyor Of tho fold in itB thon condition, hif
| work has boon asslgnol, by thoso most compo'
tent to judge, tho worry highoHt place In that de-
partmont Of knowledge aud, although aomt
things hayo boon addod airco lis treatise was
published 1t sill holds tho uudispntod huprcma
| cy Which It first achieved as systematic work
| The fuots and proceHsoa which constitute ths
solonco of Political Economy aro Of 10 compi
catod and alippoyy nature tlat worry few mind
arc competent to aualyzo and imprison then,
Nr. Mill succeeded 10 1nnrvolously IN this brancl
Of inquiry, that, If l,e had done nothing olso, lii
] reputation would navo beon hlgl, aud lasting
| Political Economy reyolyas about Mill-tako
,bim for starting point or point Of outlook-a
I; astronomy rovolyed shout Newton in his day
+ although ho was not. aH Newton was, a grea
II discoyeror. To Htutlouta OF this aclenco tin
most interesting disouasions that Aayo take,
!. placoof late yoars arc, TINT In which, Prof. Oalrno
has autagonizod &r. Naturalization Of tho PROV
iuoo Of tho Rciouoe itaelt-the latter holding thu