CHIPS FROM A GERMAN WORKSHOP
BY
F. MAX MÜLLER, M. A.,
FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE, ETC.
VOLUME V.
MISCELLANEOUS LATER ESSAYS.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.
1881.
Presidential Address Delivered Before TheBirmingham Midland Institute,October 20, 1879.
Not more than twenty years have passed sinceJohn Stuart Mill sent forth his plea for Liberty.1
If there is one among the leaders of thought inEngland who, by the elevation of his character andthe calm composure of his mind, deserved the so oftenmisplaced title of Serene Highness, it was, Ithink, John Stuart Mill.
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