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AN EPITAPH, T6 tET.
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$ lame extent b ^ en th $ growth of politic ^ ^ g it ^ tipn and democratic clubbing , Nor would it b % cj ^ fficult to make out the rationale of this process . The fact may show that the friend of national instruction should not
bound his view to the establishment of schools . The remaining pgnny stamp on all publications containing intelligence , which shuts them out of so many a cottage , may fairly claim his consideration . Lord Brougham
pithily observed on the stamp tax , > that the last penny was the worst penny of all . The suffrage , and the mode of its exercise , are also cognate topics . The universal right of voting by ballot would make elections an
appeal to universal opinion , and compel candidates to labour for the formation of opinion ; that is , to teach - The modes of administering the laws , especially in police cases ; the qualifications of the state-teachers of religion and
morals ; the provision for public amusements ; all may be viewed in their bearing upon popular instruction , and will be found of incalculable importance . In fact , the devotion of a legislator to \ tfye cause of national education , instead of alienating him from
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politics ^ will be found to prescribe' % n ^ it ^^ cp ^^ e Sf political acU 6 n ( inR in ^ oU / e a ylhote series of refqrnks fyhtih tire timwlfydiscussed on perfectly !' hidepm ^ mt grounds . If staiesmeti flinch ¦ Xa ^ aaa ^ K « My * s * s % J * M ^ fr M * VhT ^^ jJ 1 * A ^ k Lafc & L' A fL _ ' from this cbin
^ ^*^ ** ** ^^*^^^ . ^^ ^ ^ * . iaking ^ ^ refyMwe g ?* asp of the subject , there ' mil , as is evident by trie , address to which we direct the reader ' s attention , not Ve wanting operatives who will proclaim how inadeqiMte they are to , the functions of " ikSir station *
Oh clever , and generous , but somewhat too pr ^ ud and scornful Lord Durham ! what becomes of thy unwiHiiigtielss to " force thy opinibjis on the
people , " that is , to ke ^ taljting about them , and teaching ttiem , before the candour and di gnity of an Address and observations like these ! If thou wilt not
lead us , except at intervals , and when presiding chairs and ministries are provided for thee , behold those who will save thee the trouble , and before whom the cleverest of lords , and even
the most respectable of courts , become as nothings of which we are almost ashamed to speak .
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IMITATJID FROM THE flREKK . i , ! , ' ' ' ' . I'l ,, .. ' ¦ ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ¦ ' YMy name was— (^\ Vell—what s ignifies ?}^ py i ^ atjion—( Well , what ; of that ?)—my Wth and education—^' ( Were ffpodpr bad : ot pourser—no matter which ; My j ^ te-rrjW ^ ll ,, smjk a ) il th at- ^ was popy or nch— - , , } And mrfyl he- ^ - ^ Ay ? ay- —that s sure enough . )
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1837, page 389, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01121837/page/21/
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