“under the glosing exterior of the Hindu, lies a general disposition to deceit and perfidy”
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James Mill
James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, and political theorist, who was a founder of the Ricardian school of economics. He wrote the influential The History of British India (1817) which divided Indian history into three parts: Hindu, Muslim and British..
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Born 6 April 1773 · Died 23 June 1836 · Q271666
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2026· 5 entries
KMBC: Fall in a bottle? Local brands Boulevard Brewing and Louisburg Cider Mill teaming up for new hard apple cider
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NewsChannel20: UPDATE: Motorcycle Accident on Wabash and Koke Mill in Springfield; Two Injured
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nny360.com: Cider mill’s opening day attracts traditionalists (and doughnut lovers)
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CBC: B.C.'s Howe Sound Pulp and Paper announces mill operations stopping indefinitely
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1836· 2 entries
Died 1836-06-23.
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“The government and the people are under a moral necessity of acting together; a free press compels them to bend to one another.”
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1834· 1 entry
Wrote a notable article entitled "The Church and its Reform", which was much too sceptical for the time and injured The Westminster Review
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1830· 1 entry
Was appointed head of the office, with a salary of £1900, raised in 1836 to £2000
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1829· 1 entry
Appeared the Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind
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1818· 1 entry
And obtained a great immediate and enduring success
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1814· 1 entry
Wrote a number of articles, containing an exposition of utilitarianism, for the supplement to the fifth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, the most important being those on "Jurisprudence", "Prisons", "Government
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1811· 1 entry
Co-operated with William Allen (1770–1843), a Quaker and chemist, in a periodical called the Philanthropist
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1808· 2 entries
Began to write for the more prominent Edinburgh Review, to which he contributed steadily till 1813, his first known article being "Money and Exchange"
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Became acquainted with Jeremy Bentham, who was twenty-five years his senior and, for many years, his chief companion and ally
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1805· 1 entry
Published a translation (with notes and quotations) of An Essay on the Spirit and Influence of the Reformation of Luther by Charles de Villers on the Reformation, and an attack on the alleged vices of the papal system
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1804· 1 entry
Wrote a pamphlet on the corn trade, arguing against a tariff (or 'bounty') on the export of grain
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1802· 1 entry
Went to London in company with Sir John Stuart of Fettercairn, then member of parliament for Kincardineshire, and devoted himself to his literary work
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1773· 1 entry
Born 1773-04-06.
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