Record Number: 25615

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

George Grote to John Stuart Mill (October 1857): 'I have looked at W. Humboldt's book: it is written in a very excellent spirit, and deserves every mark of esteem for the frankness with which it puts forward free individual development as an end, also for the low comparative estimate which it gives of passive imitation and submission.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1857 and 31 Oct 1857

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

George Grote

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Nov 1794

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

W. Humboldt

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Social Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25615

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Grote

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1873

Vol:

n/a

Page:

237

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Grote, The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends, (London, 1873), p. 237, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25615, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None