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come the guide. His own experience had
brought home 10 him the ren-e Of certain
narrowne-s and rigidity In the Utilitarians'
/ his friendly controversies had led him to
regard opponents with more toleration
than 5enthamits- generally displayed, and
he was sincerely anxious to widen the bases
Of his cr~cd. and To a@similate whatever
was valuable in conflicting doctrines. More
over. his practice a- a writer had by this
time enabled him 10 express himself with
great clearnesS and energy. and young
a. he still was .he was better qualified than
any Of his contemporaries TO expounu
the views Of his party
The period which followed the Reform
bill made great change In Mills personal
position. The Utilitarians had taken their
part In the agitation. and expected To share
IN the fruits of victory. Grote and Hoe
buck nov entered The HOUSE for the first
time. Charles Butler and Sir william
Mol-sworth were also new members, and
both were among tho youngest recruits
of the Unitarian party These and n
few more formed the group known as the
philosophical Radicals Mil became
their chief representative In the press
The philosophical Radicals. however. were
doomed to failure The Reform bll had
transferred power 60 tho middle classes.
who had forced the doors for Themselves.
but had no desire u admit the crowd stu
left outside The result wa- that the philo-
-ophicsl Radicals found themselves. To their
great surprise. without any great body
Of voters behind them. and were only able
Ia complain of the hah-hearted policy
of the Wings and Ia weaken the Whig ad-
i-iration, until the Conservatives under
Peel could take advantage OF the situation
Eventually. philosophical Radcali~m died
out It, adhcrentz became Whig-, or
Joined the Golden school Of Radical SIN.
which was the very an,ithe-is Of Socialism
The free trade movement which was gath
ering strength a. the manufacturing in
dustries grew stronger, had, mn doubt.
an affinity for one important part OF the
Benthamite teaching But such men A.
Cobdcn and Bright. though they accepted
the political economy of the tulitarian-.
could not hc counted ~ products or adj
her-nts Of the U'ili,srisn philosophy.
Nils first personal acquaintance with
Carlvle began m 1881. when Carlyle cam"
to London and desired to ~. the author Of
the articles upon the Spirit Of the Age
For a time there was n warm liking upon
both sides Mill appeared a. a candid
aud eager disciple, and Carlyle hoped that
h. would hecome mystic During Car
lylez subsequent retirement at Craigenput-
took. they carried on an intimate CORE
spondencc Mills letters, Of which Froude
gives a summary. exhibit Mills character
istc candor and desire to profit 10y new
light Though he speaks with the defer
ence becoming To a younger man, and to
one who admits his seniors superiority
a. a poet. II not a. a mere logicisn. he con-
fc~-e- with CERTAIN shyn.~s to radical
dissent upon vital points The most ~
markahle charscteristic !. Mile conviction
tina, h. has emerged from the old dry Ben
thamism into some higher creed. What
precisely that higher creed may be is not
~ obvious When In 1884 Carlyle finally
settled In London. the intercourse became
frequent Mil supplied Carlyle with books
on the French Revolution. and, a. is well
known. was Responsible for the destruction
Of the manuscript Of tho fr-, volume. His
subsequent review Of tho work In the West
Minister may have been prompted partly
by r-mor~e for this catastrophe. though
mainly no doubt by generous desire to
help his friend
NATlNle. rs tlf Otl tliaN W Nhhit'~- phA'-i
wa- naturally acquainted with the Itill-
tartan circle The divergence. however.
Of his whole creed and ways of thought
from their- was certain In the end 10 cool
p.r-nnal relations. Carlyle expresses re-
spect for the honesty Of tho Itilitarians.
and considers them as allies In the war
against cant but his mysticism i'm
! piled the conviction that their negative
attitude in regard To religion was alto
gether dc,estahle; while In political theories
he was NJ the very opposi," pole. Mill
sympathized with -Charti-m- us5a) and
with Past and Present ust3l, ~ remon-
s,rance- against the sins ~ III" governing
cIa--..s: hut altogether reiected what he
took tn be the reactionary tendency of the
! Carlyle-e gospel. Ultimately. In iste, when
! Carlyl. attacked the an,i-slavery agitators.
! Mill made an indignant reply. and all inter
! course ceased Mills Judgment Of Tar
: lyle given In the Autobiography, shows
! tn. vital difference t-tweeu the men.
! CARLYLE. he says. Was = poet and a man ~
! intuition. Mil himself was neither. Car
! lyla -aw a, once many things which Mill
/ could only 'hobble after and prove, when
they were pointed out. u knew that ]
could not -.e round him, and could never
| te certain that I saw over him. and never
presumed To Judge him with any definite
ness until he was interpreted to mo hy one
greatly superior to us both, who was NOR"
! a poet than he. and more a thinker than
/ I. whose own mind and nature included hts.
and infinitely more that j. to say. by MR..
Taylor. who played 80 larg" part In Mills
| life and 10 whom shall presently r"cur.
/ Carlyles aversion 90 sccpticism Of certain
/ kind. TO Utilitarisnism. to logic and to
political economy was tdo invcterate To
allow Of any real alliance with Mill.
A. philosophical Radicalrm sank into
impotence. Mill's occupation n its adNoca'"
was gone. For MANY wears he withdrrw
altogether from London -ocirty This
rrtiremcnt was obviously due IN part To
hi intimate association With Mrs. Taylor.
The mos, valuable friendship 81 his life.
! no he terms Il. had h-~n formed In isso Ms.
| TAYLOR was two years hs junior Her
husband was a man in husine~s, dry
sal,er. or WHOLESALE druggist, a most ur-
night. brave and honorable" man. accord-
ing 10 Mil. and Ne vas regarded bN her
With tho -s,rnng-S' Affection through
life Taylor was however, without the