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His tone is the tone of the pedagogue or the
magistrate; he is strong and wise, and knowing
and virtuous. His readers are weak, and foolish,
and ignorant and vicious; — his voice is the
voice of power, — and it is from the superiority
of his wisdom that his power is derived.—

And if all this were so without prejudice
to the public, it might be the gratification of
pride to the individual — pleasure to him —
and so much pleasure gained. But the misfortune
is, that the assumption of this
authority has for its natural attendants —
insolence and ignorance. Even where precepts
are founded on good reasons, the development
of those reasons is a matter of considerable
exertion and difficulty — it is a task
to which few have been found competent,
the foolish as well as the wise, — a task
which the foolish indeed are most eager to
engage in, — for ignorance has no more
convenient cloak than arrogance.

The talisman of arrogance, insolence, &
ignorance, is to be found in a single word, an
authoritative imposture, which in these pages
it would be frequently necessary to unveil.

Identifier: | JB/149/345/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 149.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	149	Main Headings
Folio number	345	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	1834
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1834
Notes public		ID Number	50199
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