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The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill · Character

Charles Buller

Politician and reformer, a close associate of Mill in radical politics.

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Also known as Charles Buller, Buller

First appearance: iii

Charles Buller shows up with force in Chapter IV. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Notable among the younger Cambridge undergraduates influenced by James Mill.
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