The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-13
John Stuart Mill.


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| The telegraph announces the death oil
John Stuart Mill this morning at Avlgnon,
Of erysipelas The intelligence will fill
all readers Of the English language with
profound sorrow. Mr.. Mill Is one OF the
Rblest, clearest, and most advanced think.
CTS and writers OF our time, and one OF
the lew men likely 10 he remembered for
all time. The son OF distinguished
philosopher, lie carried his fathers work
I 10 u higher stage, and OyershRdOWed his
fame by his own larger and more original
achievements. His philosophy and polit'
ical economy have done US much, perhaps,
TO influence the thinking and modify the
opinions Of this generation, as the works
Of any contemporary mind, If they do
not form the germ and nucleus Of perma-
Hent schools. He was born in 1906, re-
eeived q private education, became a
clerk in the East India House, and, in
1856, succeeded his father US the exami-
ner Of Indian correspondence. In 1865
he was elected 10 Parliament from
Westminster, but, refusing TO resort 10
the usual efforts 70 obtain a reelection,
he lost his seat in 1858. His Parliament
any career was respectable, hut not bril-
liant, and he was not sorry to be relieved
from duties more exactiDR than cODgen-
Isl to his tastes and Intellectual habits and
ambitions. His fame rests entirely upon
his works, his essays in the RESInInis.
ter and Edinburgh RSUIeoS early attracted
the notice Of thoughtful readers, and from
their first appearance he was watched
with interest as the rising light OF the
time. His System oil Logic" published
in 1913, gave him place in the first rank
Of English thinkers. His elaborate work
on Political Economy, which appeared In
1913, Is generally regarded as the stand
ard book on that aOstruse subject, which
only a very few publicists have the courage
10 differ from. His work on Unitarian
ism, his criticisms Of Sir William Hamil-
tons Philosophy, and his popular books
on liberty and representative Govern
'ment, all stamped with the character
,istics Of his independent and vigorous
mind, and written in style as clear
and simple as the thought Is weighty
and important, have gained for him o
vast constituency OF cultivated minds, and
pGLLuhuCul1 luCuuuGI ul5 uauC WIN
the greatest themes. He was the
Rblest modern representative Of the Utili.
tartan system oil ethics, and one OF the
ablest champions Of the experimental in
opposition TO the intuitiOnsl school Of
philosophy; and though he took pains to
draw a fine line Of distinction between his
views and the Positivism Of COmte, he
was ono OF the central and most conspic- |
uous figures in the group Of eminent men
who have turned the currCht Of English
thought towards physical and psychology
ical studies. lie was greatly respected
by all who knew him, and MOSTLY those
best able to appreciate Lis achievements
and power; and by mono more than such |
eminent opponents Us Maurice aud Mar
tineau. There was an almost poetic fit
ness in his dying at Avlgnon, where his
distinguished wife passed away, and
which he visited every year on her &C
count. Els touching and atiecttonate
tribute to her memory. 10 the prcftcc to
his work on Liberty, will be read with
almost fearful interest by thousands to-
dAV.