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... for where investigation is necessary , teaching is impossible . 2 " Principles of Political Economy . " By J. S. Mill . Pre- liminary remarks , p . 2 . tronomia ) , and that , ignoring distinction between stars PREFACE . xi.
... for where investigation is necessary , teaching is impossible . 2 " Principles of Political Economy . " By J. S. Mill . Pre- liminary remarks , p . 2 . tronomia ) , and that , ignoring distinction between stars PREFACE . xi.
Page xxiv
... Mill , in particular , is singled out for attack . Yet what a white soul had Mill ! and with what rare devotion did he toil for social amelioration ! In xxiv " UNTO THIS LAST . "
... Mill , in particular , is singled out for attack . Yet what a white soul had Mill ! and with what rare devotion did he toil for social amelioration ! In xxiv " UNTO THIS LAST . "
Page xxv
... Mill . Equally with him they sought to promote human welfare . But Ruskin was a poet , and they were men of facts and of science . These economists had a diversity of aims and were guilty of many inconsistencies . But un- doubtedly each ...
... Mill . Equally with him they sought to promote human welfare . But Ruskin was a poet , and they were men of facts and of science . These economists had a diversity of aims and were guilty of many inconsistencies . But un- doubtedly each ...
Page xxvi
... Mill endeavored to retain the work of his great predecessors and to prosecute inquiries into the methods of improving the lot of mankind , especially of the wage - earning classes and of women . But Ruskin was irritated by vicious ...
... Mill endeavored to retain the work of his great predecessors and to prosecute inquiries into the methods of improving the lot of mankind , especially of the wage - earning classes and of women . But Ruskin was irritated by vicious ...
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... Mill that laws , institutions , and social direction are only in so far valuable as they act upon the habits , thoughts , feelings - in a word , the character of the individual , and the individual - X is brought into connection with ...
... Mill that laws , institutions , and social direction are only in so far valuable as they act upon the habits , thoughts , feelings - in a word , the character of the individual , and the individual - X is brought into connection with ...
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