New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-13
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object Of alteration in the noble woman VINO was
hcnored 70 bear his name. On, ,,.,,v cultivated
mind able 20 pour forth of her nature ID
admirable words Those who knew her in the common
woman OF peculiar distinction. She possessed warm
and kindly SOUL that stirred to ITS depths by lee,
ings of liberty and humanity She was remarkably
clear accurate aud swift the powers OF her munitions
and added TO oil her mental charactersiics the Charm
which arises from q poetic and glowing temperament
she seems to saved from the coarsencss ana
Of the P'ab her
stad people, who innocent alike OF philosophy anu
redesmed her from the corrupting Influences OF these
80 called advanced opinions Her presence IN her nus
morning and floods clear air from which the shadows
of the night have only just withdrawn, with melody
IA something ethereal and spiritual In the tone which
animates Ms words as he SPEAKS OF ms vile, while az
teal which was found in her nature served TO direct her
husbands speculations toward the immediate and ,ne
example of complete blending OF tastes, objects
and pursuits, and at the same time the open confession
on mans part OF the vast obligation under which ne
rested TO his wife.
The writer up his Impressions Of Mr. Mil 10
few wise and thoughtful words which present a whole
some contrast the superficial and sometimes hppant
that have been freely uttered on the charac
ter OF the lustriOus departed.
1t Is probable that much too near to the time OF
tins great writer fairly TO estimate his character ana
work. The life OF John Stuart Mil still remains 10 ne
written. although never receive more complete
and truthful OF the Influences winch combined
to make him what he was, than that furnished by MN
self And yet perhaps 1t would have been well had the
autobiography never been written. 1t Is one OF the
ssddest books published II reveals childhood
out Of which all brightness and cheer were driven 10 a
mandatory OF mind. IL seems to tell me
story Of youth without passion without rapture with
out victory Its manhood has no love in It, and were
not for the few years Of apparently unuterabe happ
IN married life, tle story OF John Stuart NILS
career would be told from beginning to end alike
without smiles or tears. That he possessed a
mind OF peculiar energy, thoroughly disciplined
and richly stored 1t would DC folly TO question
Ml's seDsibiitce also delicate ana quck
But these checked almost crushed out
In the terrible education through which he passed That
lie posse them, is sufficiently clear from the TACT
that those who came into personal contact with him ie
IN moment the almost feminine tenderness OF ms ma
ture and conscious OF receiving from him quick
and sympathetic response. He was COURAGEOUS 10 the
highest degree. His soul burned with indignation at
wrong done to the slave the poor the helpless There
kind OF chivary In the way In which be espoused
the cause OF women In their subsection 10 meh some
have thought that in this and oner points his feelings
swsyed his Judgment, aud the author OF the System
OF Logic" became striking example OF the anasteE-
ing emotional nature Spite OF all this. the
life gives sign OF happiness. tinge OF melan.
choy runs through all From the severity OF MS isther
TO intellectual iDsprngs Of his wife sadness
dwell upon his career 1t was not that he
in life than John Stuart MIL His was no struggle
with poverty, obloquy. and Teproach. Blessea WIN
mirers, Mil learned but few OF the bitter Lessons by
which some men are was nes and
all he SAID and did But many men have been as earn
est and the gadness when never ie aiouna ma h ss
dim twilight of pensve melancholy.
The article closes with suggestions on the re-
lgious character OF Mr. MILL which strike fancfu
rather than profound though they perhaps udciousy
avoid the discussion Of question which belongs more
properly to the sphere Of charity than Of argument
Strange Nemesis Of outraged Nature" says the re.
viewer, "men must worship. Perhaps rs Mil would
not, or could not worship GOD, 10 may be matter OF
devout satisfaction that he made the idol Of his soul
object than the graceful aud gifted woman by
whose side he sleeps in little French cemetery.
But that he failed to find in theory in practice the
ultimate and true laws Of human life, II only needs the
autobiography to place beyond doubt. We need not
wonder that Benthsms heir anA James Mills soD one
OF the profoundest thinkers OF the most vrtuous
men, one OF the most gifted philosophers OF the present
century completely failed to find that perfect lest that
peace which pasSeth UNDERSTANDING"