▁his ▁most ▁content ious ▁books . ▁The ▁book ▁argued ▁Mill ▁was ▁not ▁as ▁libert arian ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁tradition ally ▁port rayed , ▁and ▁that ▁Mill ▁res emble d ▁a ▁" m oral ▁total itar ian ". ▁Dr . ▁Roland ▁Hall ▁review ed ▁the ▁book ▁in ▁Philosoph ical ▁Qu arter ly ▁( J anu ary ▁ 1 9 6 5 ) ▁and ▁called ▁it ▁" d anger ous ▁and ▁un ple asant ", ▁with ▁Cow ling ▁later ▁remark ing ▁that ▁this ▁" was ▁what ▁it ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁be ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁Fellow ▁to ▁Peter house , ▁Cambridge , ▁where ▁he ▁ad vised ▁his ▁students ▁to ▁tack le ▁liber als ▁with ▁" ir ony , ▁gen ial ity ▁and ▁mal ice ". ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁Cow ling ▁campaign ed ▁against ▁a ▁soci ology ▁course ▁to ▁be ▁introduced ▁at ▁Cambridge , ▁regarding ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁" ve h icle ▁for ▁liberal ▁dog ma ". ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁Cow ling ▁was ▁elected ▁as ▁a ▁Conserv ative ▁coun c ill or ▁on ▁the ▁Camb rid ges hire ▁and ▁Is le ▁of ▁E ly ▁County ▁Council ▁in ▁a ▁by - e lection , ▁which ▁he ▁held ▁until ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁the ▁literary ▁editor ▁of ▁The ▁Spect ator ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁he ▁wrote