On Liberty
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John Stuart Mill was born on 20th May 1806. He was a delicate child, and the extraordinary education designed by his father was not calculated to develop and improve his physical powers. "I never was a boy," he says; "never played cricket." His exercise was taken in the form of walks with his father, during which the elder Mill lectured his son and examined him on his work. It is idle to speculate on the possible res…
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- AuthorJohn Stuart Mill
- SourceProject Gutenberg #34901
- Length52,228 words · 3h 29m of reading
- Chapters7
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-09-06
Contents
7 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01CHAPTER III.
- 02CHAPTER IV.
- 03APPLICATIONS 177
- 04CHAPTER I.
- 05CHAPTER II.
- 06CHAPTER III.
- 07CHAPTER V.
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