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<p><hi rend='underline'>indeed , and such people say it would be a very good | <p><hi rend='underline'>indeed , and such people say it would be a very good | ||
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been less so than the sum total of these four grounds | been less so than the sum total of these four grounds | ||
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or | or <unclear>fort<del>e</del>y</unclear> such grounds put together ? — | ||
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in it) would at any rate have been frank & open: | in it) would at any rate have been frank & open: | ||
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but policy , the very profundity of policy, was the | but policy , the very profundity of policy , was the | ||
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order of the day with his Grace . — | order of the day with his Grace . — | ||
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<p><!-- indented -->After this at least, who shall that , among | <p><!-- indented -->After this at least, who shall that , among | ||
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the robbers that render walking unsafe and the | the robbers that render walking unsafe and the burglarers | ||
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that render sleep unquiet , there may not be | that render sleep unquiet , there may not be | ||
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of a <hi rend='underline'>Curtiu</hi>s to the policy of a <hi rend='underline'>Machieavel</hi> , are | of a <hi rend='underline'>Curtiu</hi>s to the policy of a <hi rend='underline'>Machieavel</hi> , are | ||
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emulating all the | emulating all the while in their humble sphere , | ||
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this brilliant emanation of official wisdom —deep | this brilliant emanation of official wisdom —deep | ||
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or without dreams about causes and consequences | or without dreams about causes and consequences | ||
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by his Grace's Noble Successor <unclear><del>!</del></unclear> | by his Grace's Noble Successor <unclear><del>!</del></unclear> Such (they may be | ||
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saying to themselves) is "the <del>spur</del> spirit of improvement | |||
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"which now so universally prevails" among <add>his</add> | |||
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indeed , and such people say it would be a very good
thing for him : but, Sir, they know nothing at all
about the matter . He says the don't. Had this
been otherwise than satisfactory , could it ever have
been less so than the sum total of these four grounds
or fortey such grounds put together ? —
This (Your Lordship kn knows or may know
at any time whether there be any thing like truth
in it) would at any rate have been frank & open:
but policy , the very profundity of policy , was the
order of the day with his Grace . —
A plot like this ! a plot for getting prisons
built by stratagem! - a plot for helping a thing
on by stopping it ! In this or any other country - in
the regions even of imagination , wide as they are ,
is there any thing like a parallel to it to be found?
Let us try , my Lord. —
After this at least, who shall that , among
the robbers that render walking unsafe and the burglarers
that render sleep unquiet , there may not be
patriots in disgrace , who waiting the self-devotion
of a Curtius to the policy of a Machieavel , are
emulating all the while in their humble sphere ,
this brilliant emanation of official wisdom —deep
laid plan of the Duke ? - this deep laid plan of
the Duke slipt upon and thereby acted upon with
or without dreams about causes and consequences
by his Grace's Noble Successor ! Such (they may be
saying to themselves) is "the spur spirit of improvement
"which now so universally prevails" among his
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john herbert koe |
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