19。Liberty，p。32。
20。Ibid。，p。7。
21。Humboldt’sSphereandDutiesofGovernmentwastranslatedbyJosephCoulthardin1854。Thoughoriginallywrittenin1791itdidnotappearinacompleteformtillpublishedinthecollectededitionofhisworksbyhisbrotherAlexanderin1852。ThebookshowstheinfluenceofKantandRousseau。Humboldtwasatatimeakindofphilosophicalantimonianobjectingtoallexternallawasinjurioustospontaneousspiritualdevelopment。Marriageshouldbelefttoindividualcontract，because，’wherelawhasimposednofettersmoralitymostsurelybinds。’InBentham’sphrase’externalsanctions’weakentheinternal。Thestateshouldprovide’security，’andleavereligionandmoralitytothemselves。Humboldt’sphilosophyisnotMill’s，thoughonmostpointsthepracticalapplicationcoincides。
22。ItwouldbecurioustocompareMill’stheorywiththeveryinterestingbooksinwhichM。Tardehasshownthevastimportanceof’imitation’insociology。
23。Mill，inhisRepresentativeGovernmentp。17，arguesthattheHebrewprophetsdischargedthefunctionsofmodernlibertyofthepress；andthattheJewswerethereforethe’mostprogressivepeopleofantiquity’aftertheGreeks。Still，their’culture’washardlysowide。