Thesephrasesmaypossiblybeinterpretedinasenselessparadoxicalthantheobviousone。Tooke’sphilosophy，ifsoitistobecalled，wasneverfullyexpounded。Heburnedhispapersbeforehisdeath，andwedonotknowwhathewouldhavesaidabout’verbs，’whichmusthaveled，onewouldsuppose，tosomefurthertreatmentofrelations，noruponthesubject，whichasStephenstellsus，wasmostfullytreatedinhiscontinuation，thevalueofhumantestimony。
IfTookewasnotaphilosopherhewasamanofremarkablyshrewdcynicalcommon-sense，whothoughtphilosophyidlefoppery。Hisbookmadeagreatsuccess。Stephenstellsus11*thatitbroughthim£；4000or£；5000。
Hazlittin1810publishedagrammarprofessingtoincorporateforthefirsttimeHorneTooke’s’discoveries。’ThebookwasadmiredbyMackintosh，12*
who，ofcourse，didnotaccepttheprinciples，andhadawarmdiscipleinCharlesRichardson1775-1865，whowroteinitsdefenceagainstDugaldStewartandaccepteditsauthorityinhiselaboratedictionaryoftheEnglishlanguage。13*
ButitschiefinterestforusisthatitwasagreatauthoritywithJamesMill。Millacceptstheetymologies，andthereismuchincommonbetweenthetwowriters，thoughMillhadlearnedhismaindoctrineselsewhere，especiallyfromHobbes。Whattheagreementreallyshowsishowtheintellectualidiosyncrasywhichiscongenialto’nominalism’inphilosophywasalsocongenialtoTooke’smatteroffactradicalismandtotheUtilitarianpositionofBenthamandhisfollowers。