Education, p

5. Aulohiography, p. 64-67: My previous éducation bad been, in a certain sensé, already a cour.se of Bentbamisin... Yet ia tbe lirst pages of Bentiiam it burst upon me Avilb ail tbe force of nuvelty... ^Vill■n I laid doun liie last volume of tbe Traité, I bad become a dilferent being. Tlic « principle of utility >- understood as Bentbam understood it, and applied in tbe manner in wbicb be ajiplled it tbrougli tbese tbree \olumcs, fell exactly into tiic place as tlie keystone wiiicb beld togetber tbedetacbed and fragmentary component parts of my knowledge and belicfs. It gave uiiity to my conceptions of tbings.

6. V. Bowring, vol. X, p. 473 : la curieuse lettre de Mill à IJentbam. 28 juillet 1812: </ I am nol going todie, notwitbstanding yoiii- zial to coiiie in for a legacy. However, if I were to die any time before tbis poor boy is a man, one of tiic tbings tbat vvould pincli me most sorely, would be, tbe being obliged to le;ive bis mind iiiimade lo liie degree of excelleiicr, of wbicb I bope to make il. Hiil anolber tiiing is, lliat Ibe only |trus|iect wbicb would lessen tliat pain, would U- llie Icaving liiin in yuiir bunds. I tberefore take your ulîer quile seriuusly, and slipiilatr, imi-ly, lliat it

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