Excerpt from The English Utilitarians, Vol. 2 of 3

Bentham"s mantle fell upon James Mill. Mill expounded in the tersest form the doctrines which in Bentham"s hands spread into endless ramifications and lost themselves in minute details. Mill became the leader of Bentham"s bodyguard; or, rather, the mediator between the prophet in his "hermitage" and the missionaries who were actively engaged on the hustings and in committee-rooms. The special characteristics of English Utilitarianism in the period of its greatest activity were thus more affected by Mill than by any other leader of opinion.

James Mill was one of the countless Scots who, having been trained at home in strict frugality and stern Puritanic principles, have fought their way to success in England. He was born 6th April 1773 in the parish of Logie Pert, Forfarshire.

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