Furthermore, he opens the door to the idea that by relinquishing societal bonds, the individual will discover progress can be a lonely and miserable experience.  Matthew Arnold walks right through Browning’s door, arguing that changes, caused by the belief solely in continual progress, separates the individual from the cultural bonds of the past.  By eradicating long established societal bonds, such as Christianity, the individual will become disconnected from his or her society.  Eventually, after discovering that one is alienated from everyone else, the individual will view the world as having, “neither joy, nor love, nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;…a darkling plain….”                                                                                         In Mill’s critique On Liberty he argues there is a problem in England.  The problem is, “individuals are lost in the crowd.”  The individual has become a slave bound by chains to customary institutions of the past. Although Mill does acknowledge the past has given man a certain insight, he does not view the past as a necessary ingredient in future innovations.