, 1873-11-03
JOHN STUART MILL.
Extracts from His Autobiography.

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pnoad -nov In tanrGt n ,i,osa ot.aJ'y nnn; nup-
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ia ca,o instruction nro ltt}o bo}tor ~ MMt tInn
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M oona 4aro " u tnas IN on age
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honr i;ats ~ cnnnon raoi. wor1Is oet t vpe"poh,
asn - ~ Tmn9;a1, trn Toias W'h taelr
e nm cara ~ mne t;S uu Tro.o OUT 1or
3ot me o4 caias' " gtanIn,al, unti, some yeara
rnr,a ~ ,,t % ta siu anneS,ohs OF Inc
nrocaodnJ em"o tn tramS1n, " socaoaos
PfosoguGu Fss. ~ JnGe a;, w. translation t1a and
nnhas;s snv ,yoh hatt reaa; ano
nna oornt - Tut,', ,,ut, "uS 81 tAo sec
At That Tina Ind ,ndor nv fntbecs III t,i.;9y ye"1
numbor Of GreoT nroae atora a"'%er aone ,vo
nhnn;s GvrnnmJa aud U amnr;.,s a,u ~ u Aeno
loTne ~ io ros - at 4o ,,;lna. VI nucTates .
naa Teorta unrt ~ rAT ~ Uloeo
Domoninam mi al N;onotn uu1 anu',atus aisn an "a
1915 Tic flrst Hix dialogues I'm ti,o conh,ot @ ~
to ia 1Tooctetns ;ncins,vo rh;aI, 1not
dio]oruo, ycntnrc s'' to th;nli %n'e't ,xauM ,uII
have h"nn bottor nmitto, NJ Il aa tnto,,,' wou ~.
possiblo.i should Understand t. '"' ''D1's Tha Tiu
onlS thing besides Greek tint learnt as iose t0
Thia. also nv father taueht me- W It was the taal.
Of tbo oyenrs and ToI roemer Sas its ;ts ,s d;n
arreablonosa but tho leanona Wnra on,v n nnSt u,S
oi tho daily instruction received Much q sri It
conhisted II IN tho books road myself, aud my
fathers dlacoulBca to me during our walks.
From 1910 to tho end OF 1919 We wero living in
Newington Green, then MI almost rustic neigh
boIhood. My fathor's health required consider
able aud constant exercise, and he walked
habltually bafore breakfast, generally in the
greon lines toward Hosnsey. 1n these walks
racoj]ectona nf rrcen fiSs and VIII o,sars ~
mingled TINT Of tho account gave him daily Of
what I had read the day before, 10 tho hoat OF
my remembrance, this wns voluntary rather
than prescribed exercise, I made notes on
clips Of paper while reading, and from these in
the morning walks told the story to him for
tho books wero. chiefly histories. Of Which 1
read in this manner great numbor-Robert-
sons histories, Humc, Gibbon, but my
greatest delight then aud for long afterward
WAS Watsons Philip the Second aud Third. The
heroic defense Of tho Knights Of Malta against
u the = Turks and OF the reyolted Provinces Of tho
NetherlandH against Spain excited in mo III in.
tense and lasting interest. Next to Watson, my
1ayorlso m historical reading WAS Hooko'B History
OF Nomc. VI dreece had seon at that time no
regular ltHtDrY, GICeDt SCHOOL ubridrnmgutR and