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A 1 Political Prospects
In this age of letters and of politics — more
especially at this a crisis thus pregnant with
dark and disastrous formidable events, a , or which
is the same thing a session scarce ever opens without
a or two to usher it. in. A few Politicians
of us are never wanting, who for want of situation faculties
political or natural or tongue [or
reputation] to get make themselves
read heard obtain hearers, which is commonly the first ambition, use employ <add>exert their</add> their endeavours efforts
content themselves as well as they can, with employing their efforts.
to make themselves obtain readers read. Pamphlets
are more wanting: for the opening use accordingly the pamphlet of the winter
is commonly produced from the one or the other of
the opposite sources. The present pamphlet production, it
will be but too evident, has no claim to say
the such illustrious and exclusive article: —
might have some pretension to it: though at a distance of the respect that illustrious prototype — proposing to itself for not speeches these being so universally anticipated already but an object much less pleasant to contemplate the fruit of the times and clad in the colour of the times - to wit dark events. In a word unsteady - splendid speeches dark events: dark by their possible effects upon the suffering mind: dark at any rate in the mean time by the cloud of uncertainty in which they appear in.
to be compose a pamphlet, such as it is, a pamphlet is the sole pretension of these
humble pages.
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