The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill · Character
John Arthur Roebuck
Fiery radical politician and debater, one of the fellow labourers in reform whom the young Mill counted among his chosen comrades.
supporting
Also known as Roebuck, John
First appearance: III
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Member of the Utilitarian Society; described as a man who made considerably more noise in the world than other members.
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Roebuck moves in the same combative radical world as Mill — debating societies, the Westminster Review, and the campaign against Whig complacency. Mill prized such company precisely because he wished his personal…
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- Mill's Intellectual Circle
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