I may observe by the way that this book cured me of my sectarian follies. The two or three pages beginning "Il regardait toute secte comme nuisible," and explaining why Turgot always kept himself perfectly distinct from the Encyclopedists, sank deeply into my mind. I left off designating myself and others as Utilitarians, and by the pronoun "we" or any other collective designation, I ceased to affiche, sectarianism. My real inward sectarianism I did not get rid of till later, and much more gradually.


Autobiography (1873)

John Stuart Mill Quotes

I may observe by the way that this book cured me of my sectarian follies. The two or three pages beginning Il regardait toute secte comme nuisible,...

I may observe by the way that this book cured me of my sectarian follies. The two or three pages beginning Il regardait toute secte comme nuisible,...

I may observe by the way that this book cured me of my sectarian follies. The two or three pages beginning Il regardait toute secte comme nuisible,...

I may observe by the way that this book cured me of my sectarian follies. The two or three pages beginning Il regardait toute secte comme nuisible,...