John Stuart Mill: A Criticism with Personal Recollections

DEATH OF HENRY MILL. 6 I
Mill s favourite brother Henry, which took place at Falmouth,
on the 4th April, in his i9th year. He was sent there in the
beginning of the year, for the relief of his complaint consump
kindness that he could
tion ; and John plied him with every
devise.. He went and lived at Falmouth, during his illness, as
long as he could get away from his office ; and had an oppor
tunity at the same time of seeing a great deal of Sterling, who
was there also on account of chest-weakness.. A letter of warm
acknowledgment to Mr. Barclay Fox, of Falmouth, for the
attention bestowed on Henry by his family, is for Mill un
usually effusive, and teems with characteristic traits. One not
a Christian, addressing a Christian family upon death, and
wakening up the chords of our common humanity, is a spec
tacle worth observing.