Excerpt from The History of a Great Mind: A Survey of the Education and Opinions of John Stuart Mill
Henry Thomas Buckle, the historian of Civilization, in one of his writings expressed the opinion, that "if a jury of the greatest European thinkers were to be impaneled, and were directed to declare, by their verdict, who among our living writers had done most for the advance of knowledge, they could hardly hesitate in pronouncing the name of John Stuart Mill." "Nor can we doubt," the distinguished historian went on to say, "that posterity would ratify their decision." Mr. Buckle was not a cautious man in his general propositions; but a great deal could be said in favor of both those here quoted. Certainly, Mr. Mill was second to no man in his generation in the depth and breadth of his influence on the cultivated mind of England and America. Shortly after his death, the London correspondent of one of our abler American journals said, "The whole of the present generation of cultivated Englishmen under five and forty may be said to have been brought up at Mr. Mill's feet; though, of course, they have not all accepted their master's teaching." And the correspondent further declared, " In losing him, we have... lost the most thoroughly trained intellect amongst English philosophers and politicians."
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