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wider than that which constituted m.
stupid party He took very active
part In the agitation provoked by GOV
Eyrc's action In tho Jamaica insurrecti1n.
Mill and the investigating committee.
which he had demanded. impressed manv
proplc as allowing their indignatiuu "a
swamp their sense Of fair play In many
eyes. Gov. Eyre seemed a victim - r.ar.
sccution Instead Of criminal Afte- 'pa
dissolution Of Parliament. Mil incurred
further odiun 10y subscribing 20 Brad.
laughs election expenses His own >a,t
for Westminster was lost IN lS0s ari ra
f,lsing some other offers. hc retired .,..
more to private life His strength vs.
apparently failing, and he achi"y,,d .'re
more His task was practically aor.,r.
plished lie died al Avignon on th, .'h
Of May. 1873, Of a sudden attack. hsvu,
three days before walked fftccn u..,
on botanical excursion
VII.
Mr stephen points out that thos@ Who
know John Stuart Mil only 10y hi- writing,
have often miSconceiv-d the chari.'s,
~ the man Mil himself admits -t,t
the description Of a Benthamite as a u.ar.
reasoning machine" was true of himself
during two or three year-. before he had
learned to appreciate the value ~ fa.
emotions Many readers thought u ;rIa
Of him 10 the last Il cannot be said ti.a.
his Autobiography is an attractive, though
II /. an interesting book II tho page,
about his wife be omitted. there is
singular sbsence Of the qualities which
lend a charm 90 many autohiogr aphie-;
there u no tender dwelling on early dave
and associations: his father IL incident
ally revealed as an object Of profound
respect. but the son has no illusions as
20 his zires harsher qualities. hardly any
reference IL made TO the writer's mother,
or his brothers and sisters. his friend.
are briefly noticed, and their intellectual
merits ar. sst forth but there Is no warm
expression Of personal feeling Tor any =
them Mills comments on his country
men I'm general are contemptuous and,
though ha II deSirous 81 the welfare % tho
human species, he II a. fully convinced
a. was Carlyle that men are mostly fools'
Old institutions awake no thrill they are
simply embOdiments 81 prejudice, 'hs
British nation il divided f-.tween thos.
who have sinister interest m abuses,
aud the inaSscs who are still too brutalei
to b. trusted His zeal for the good =
mankind was really To- the last, what be
had meant II 10 have been ~ the early
Iariod. zeal for speculative opinions
From sL.Ca remarks some people havs
Inferred that Min was really frigid thirker
a worthy eSpound-r Of the dismal science
which leave, out of account all iha' %
deepest and most truly valuable IN human
nature.
While he Acknowledges that there u
some truth In this estimate. the author
Of the book before us considers n on ih"
whole unjust A. matter Of fact. MI
was man 20 great emotional sensihil'v
and of very unusual tenderness Besides
his great attachment 90 the lady who h"-
came his wife. hc was deeply devoted 'n
few friends. and Ia certain cases gr"1''F
overrated their qualities II j. Mr. Stepr-
ems bslief tha, his feelings Wen" a. t"ud"-
as a wonan's II they lacked anything.
II was not keenn"Ss, but IN" maS~ivcue-@
which implies NOR" masculine fibre Win
respect to character indAoi Mil was A.
much feminine a. masculine He hat
some Of the. amiahl" weaknesses which
arr regarded n especially feminine n"
was remarkable for his powers II assnlli-
tiou. he was du"ile rather than Original
Like woman he took things vita eN,~'~.
siva serious ness and shows the '.an' ~
humur imputed to most women. Preludi's'-
provoked him, he could not 500 th" como
side of rrUidice or Of life In general On
the other hand. he possess nj in the highest
degree the power Of single-ninded dev"-
tion which IL precmlncutlv fe;ninin"
quality From his youth upward. he was
devoted Ia the spread Of principles which
he held To he essential 10 human happi-
ness No philsnthropiSt or religious
teacher could labor moro emerged iCaliy
and unrrni,tingly for the good of h's kind.
he never forgot IN" bearing uf his -pcCula-
tions upon this ultimate end