...of ! government in dealing with barbarians, pro- f I vided the end be their improvement, and the i means justified by actually effecting that end. liberty,...principle, has. no application to any state of things anterio\ia the time when '< mankind have become cap|ta{y of being improved by free and equal di^sCussionTJ...

...subjects, but possessing no attributes of British citizens. 'Despotism,' says Mr. John Stuart Mill, 'is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with...no application to any state of things anterior to :he time when mankind have become capable of leing improved by free and equal discussion. Until then...

...scorching fires of unmitigated ambition. Yet, to an Akbar or Charlemagne, it might appear that "despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with...their improvement, and the means justified by actually attaining that end," without their being chargeable with this narrow selfishness ; inasmuch as it is...

...page is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties. And that* " despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with...the means justified by actually effecting that end." Again, we are toldf that " complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion is the very...

...warranted in the use of any expedients that will attain an end perhaps otherwise unattainable. Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the * The reader may compare to his advantage with this exposition of Mr. Mill's views, Mr. Stephen's "...

...warranted in the use of any expedients that will attain an end, perhaps otherwise tinattainable. Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with...no application to any state of things anterior to <b .ime when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equ al discussion. Until then,...

...product of a very advanced civilisation, and is rare even in the most advanced societies. Mill says, "Liberty as a principle 'has no application to any...anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of 'i being improved by free and equal discussion." If we take this strictly, it limits the concession...

...his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." But on the very next page he adds: "Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with...the means justified by actually effecting that end." According to that, the barbarians in our cities, who are made so, and kept so by the law, may leg^...

...Desponding fear, of feeble fancies full. / Weak 30 and unmanly, loosens every power. f>:o»tfon. Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with...the means justified by actually effecting that end. j S. Mill. Despotism is essential in most enterprises ; I am told they do not tolerate "freedom of...

...warranted in the use of any expedients that will attain an end, perhaps otherwise unattainable. Despotism and politi bo their improvement, and the means justified by actually effecting that end. Liberty, as a principle,...