, 1873-06-03
JOHN STUART MILL.

Iustfco Done Him with Ono Exccp4
tton--.1Its Connection with tho ln4
din IRols c...Tt Goo1fccttona OF Fxtonta
---tais lRo1ations with t'ros. Favs1
he"do f"v IN c's;aSs;s' 3;}st,a: ef f'' s''' r''a
Of every shade Of opinion. On tho whole,
somothing like Justice has boon dono him,
tho Times still remaining tho conspicuous qTcop-
before epoken-olicItod aprotost eycn from tho
pulpit, ono Of tho most om1nont OF London olor-
gyrnan, tho nev. Btopford A.. Brooke, hobort-
sons bographer, refe5Ting TO- 1t IssE snnasy ,n n
vritor Of tho Times arttolo into, Attempting 9
dofonBo, A 1y-sl,oot signed by that individual
! has boon circulated in tho clubs and elsowhoro.
Tho boat defenso tho author could think Or was va.
Is simply IMP tool too Indecent to boar quoting.
Among ali tho vootly papern, tho E1a31niner
has made tho greatest effort to DO honor
to. Mr. Mills memory. Il publishes & what
cos9taiutng tnli sketch Of bis iifo b7 E. \. Fo1
Bourne, followed BY aocounts OF particular
parts Of his career and oattmntes Of his genius
In particular directions, writton BY men sho
them best to Judge him. Mr. WI. Thornton,
+ hie best known colleague, describes hts vocation
In tho India Houso. Bomo notion Of tho smount
Of official work III. MIL performed may be gath
81GU 1E0u ku1 1uu0MAuE UANAVt3
and In 1856 he succeeded to tho poat Of Chief Exan-
or, After which his duty oonsssed rather in aupcryis
iiaaelf but for tho threeand-twenty yoars preeed.
hg he bad had immediate ohargo OF tho political de-
1na had we soss
ona ot Tho metoh.nA prtncaa ot Ieadenha street to
hos H. s ne qp Of these
Join siill: but i rssns,f;. . thsis if. quantity
h9tfn
ausEo boswesn soo nd 4oo psaes 10 thsr .athors
handwriting, which now lios before me also thet tho
sharp pi tho Court Of Directors In tho oorrospondouoe
between themselves and tho Indian Governments used
to avpzage annually. about ton hugo yollun-bound
md That Of thoso volumes, two year, Tor more than
twenty yeAss running. wore ezeuslyely ot Mi!le con-.
@ & sdon ~ .s
tnd " Political Economy.n
Il ts known that Mr.. h1ill drew up tho celc-
bratod petition against tho transfer OF tho gov.
tho petition itself iB not 7ell-known, though
doaofibed by Earl Groy aa tho abloat atato paper
ever road. Mr. Thornton quotes what ho vol
sty1os M offeotlvo antithesis from itsopening: .
sgenoy st their owa civil Ind military servants orsi
nsy acquired f1s I'll cenntr1 its Umpire
b. 1ae 4 na e nshea noe
controlled BY Parliament o: tho aame pc1od at which
Of s Sa nes .ho control M
ness another great Empire on tho opposite aldo OF tho
NJ. Thornton adds that he is himself tho pos
sessor Of the original nl9. Of this admirable
composition, tho authorship Of which was onoa
denied IN an extraordinary way, Of which this
account is given:
On ono Of the 1a.t occasions q .he gather.ns to.
eond scarcely boeyo my eesp, whom q tho Direo
tor. .qdin to Tho petition spota Of 4 ~ having
pause, swim thu assistance. ~ he understood,
II irdse ss1s e sss@s @ ROOM a. s3sa soas @
Th lnagnsOn sn% s.csnn "Whs a1 IN
"Whats tho matter 7" foplicd MIL aoou he could
get word in, Mr. NJ tthe Director. was quite
myse" "iiow can 20 you Be- 10 pervarso !" retoztod
"xou hn9w thss M hnoT yon wrote eycsy vosa Of
nS On Ss soeond T psso rss put sl' IN 0' N'
All Who know anything Of Mr. Mill, knew tho
unusually intimate rotations which existed bo-
tween him and Mr. Thornton. Tho latter now
tells u that he orsd hia % Asslni .4i,1
| and owed tho retention Of Il to him aftorxara,
| In oiruumetanogs which illustrate Mr. Mills
| ready and tonder devotion to his frienda-a side
Of his ehhraoter Of Which not enough has been
| said. Within i short timo after taking this
| post, hfr. Thornton 1apscd into q state Of nerv
ous woaknesa which made montA labor impossl
bio to him. This lasted for nearly q year,
and but for Hr. Mill he would have been com3
! Xiii ayerted by taking upon himself tha whole
Of Mr. Thorntona duties in addition to his own,
and dispharging them during tho whole period OF
utes Ute paper On Mr: Mills moral character, tells
q story Of perhaps equal generosity, though
differing. in kind. Some seVen years ago, Mr.
Spencer found he could no longer bear tho lossoB
entailed On him BY tho publication Of hls 'sys-
subscribers that tho volume then In pro-
gross must be tho laat. Mr. hill shortly aftor
wrote him, expressing bis regret, and, after sug-
hss pssR osaoy 'Gr Won't on to
you .1snid x1ste ths next et yeas 1e4tsss snd nat
should guarantee tho publlshor against loss, l. e.,
agreed maio good my deficiency that may occur
~ such 'a tho
l. To this proposal Mr.. Spencer did not teel that
he could assent, but he was, as oil Of us must
be, impressed profoundly with hIr. Mills nobility
Of feeling. Ho points out, furthermore, how
much tho generosity Of the offer was enhanced
publication Of which kir. Mill Desired to tnsure,
VAS fundamentally different from his Own:
Lit. Spencer had, both directly and by In.
plieation eombatsd that form Of the esPss,2
oharacte1izes Mr. Mills philosophy; ii uphold
ing neallsm, he had opposed In decided ways
those metaphysical systems to which Mr. Mills
1dealisrn was closely allied and tho Two had
/
toat Of truth in which Mr. Spencer had attacked
Mr, Mills positions outspokenly. How many
other philosophers and controvarBia1ists Wonld
have Volunteered to supply formidable antag-
onist with funds to continue such warfaro7
But mon Of real emiuence arc, st least, seldom
| s1ow to acknowledge each others merits. Mr.
| Spencer, apart from his personal relationa and
obligations to D1r. Mill, has spoken Of him aH
ono gzeat thinker ought to speak Of another.
To dllato upon his achievements, to Insist upon
the Wilderness OF Ills influence over tho thought
Of his timo. seens to Mr. Spencer scarcely neod-
full the facts arc sufficiently obvious, and nre
recognized, he declares, BY all who know my"
thing about tho progress Of opinion during the
last half century. My own eBtimate OF him, u
adds Mr,spencer, " intellectually considered, has
been emphatical1y, though briefly, giyen On an
occasion Of controversy hotweon uB, by o1pross.
ing my regret at having to contend againat the
doctrine Of one whose ngrcemons should value
more than that Of any other thinker" T is .
surprise to mo to find A1r. Spencer speaking Of
the rapid advance Of ago In Mr. Nill as having
l been conspicuous for some years past, and a