John Stuart Mill: A Criticism with Personal Recollections

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Malevolent emotion, under great restraint, ...
Love of Scenery ; Plant-collecting, ....
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Anxiety to preserve
the natural beauties of our country,
The Piccadilly trees,
Poetic tastes,
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Sympathy: forms of generosity,
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Fidelity to engagements,
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Treatment of opponents in controversy,
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Love of truth ; courage of his tb -
opinions,
Public spirit ardent ; promotion of all .
improvements,
The great object of his life work, .....
Shortcomings of his sympathetic side, ..... 160
"Severity of judgment upon the Radical .
party,
Harsh judgments on England, and English society, . . . 161
Sharpness in expressing difference of opinion, ....
Beginning of friendship with Mrs. Taylor,
Intercourse with her in her husband s life time, . . .164
Dedication of Political Economy, .....
Encomiums after her death, .... ....# .167
Sources of his attachment,
. Her special influence, *
I K-r part in the Liberty and the Subjection of Women, < : . 170
His estimate of her genius, ...... J7 1
Different views as to her . attractions, . .^
I iis STYLE : language faculty not intrinsically great, *\
Defective grammar placing
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of qualifying words; excess of relatives;
looseness in die employment of it . .
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Rhetorical arts, ........ *&
J 76 Illustration and allusion,....... 177
Strength not the . . ibhighest,
quality,
Neglect of . . . . *&
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emphasis,
Connection of peculiarities with Expository art in . . general, 178
Exemplification of principles thorough, . ... ib.
Defects in complex ideas, and .
plural subjects. Examples, . ib.
Powers of Persuasion very great, ..... 183
Addressed both the reason and the feelings, ... 184
Defective only in verbal luxuriance,-* . . . . . ib.
Examples of Wit, ^ ....... 185
Character as a Converser, . . . . . .186
Different views of his conversational aptitudes, .... 187
Voice, elocution, and gesture, ...... 188
Could give and take with others, ..... 189
Wit and humour in conversation^ ..... 190
Carlyle s remark,........ ib.
Caroline Fox s Journals reports of his talk, .... 191
^ Influence in . general, ...... ib.