Silly Little Country

John Stuart Mill

There is something very touching in this observstion, that someone with a name not remotely English can find such inspiration in John Stuart Mill (certainly always one of my heroes).

Our common humanity can recognize such words:

Were there even a few hearts and intellects like hers, this world would already become the hoped-for heaven. She died to the irreparable loss of those who survived her, at Avignon, November 3rd, 1858

This is the great delight of globalization, this continuing discovery of commonness.

UPDATE: Count on Chris Dillow for an excellent other perspective.

posted by Alan Adamson @ 8:54 AM