...independence is of right absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual a sovereign. ' It is perhaps hardly necessary to say that this doctrine...or of young persons below the age which the law may tix as that of manhood or womanhood. Those who are still in a slate to require being taken care of...

...of right, absolute ••Over himsellpo'ver his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. I \ It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that \ this doctrine is meant to apply only to human i beings in the maturity of their faculties. We are not speaking of children, or of young persons below...

...imparting some uncertainty to both his argument and its issue. He tells us, for instance, that his doctrine is ' meant to apply only to human beings in ' the maturity of their faculties.' Children and young persons below the age fixed by law as that of manhood and womanhood are excluded...

...down in the * P- 21. \ P. 26. J P. 33. § P. 41. || P. 95. IT P. 24. ** P. 43. ft P. 45. previous 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 barbarians, provided the end...

...right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. He points out that * this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties/ and that ' we may leave out of account those backward states of society in which the race itself may...

...action. The principle is one admitted by its author to be good only for a superior state of society — to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties: only practical when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion. Nevertheless...

...independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body nid mind, the individual is sovereign. d increase his evil. He that depends Upon your favors,...Him vile that was your garland." FAME. But glory, t M* still in a state to require being taken caro '•f by others, must be protected against their fiwii...

...2 is declared in the very next page not to apply at all to a numerous and important class of cases. "It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this...apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties."8 The simplicity of the one principle has already vanished, and the certainty is following...

...application of the principle altogether : — " It does not apply to children ", he says, " nor to young persons below the age which the law may fix as that of the adult. Nor does it apply to backward states of society in which the race itself may be considered...

...children and the weak-minded constantly proves. Mill, in fact, recognizes this himself, for he says : " It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this...the law may fix as that of manhood or womanhood." Nor does it apply, he says, to the backward races. " Despotism," he declares, " is a legitimate mode...