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    ^ 9 *§ Ws * tht CY ° wd $ ^ p we imani mpp * &a £ YfP , men { im nothing at all to do with politics , or ' ' shqul ^ .. njiiuj $ 4 * Jpwttipg , " wlio would allow ( though not absent ) thai it 19 as well ( though not considerably better ) th ^ t ^ ^ p ^ n shpiU ^ kpow something ( though by no means a great ^ ffoi ) of histp ty , to carry her through ( not elevate her in ) society . To state clearly at the outset , and to keep steadily i \\ view , as we proceed , the object of referring to Political Science apd History , will best conduce to the formation of a correct opinipp of their relative values and position . It i $ true that in this reference we n * ay have various objects , ancj every change in t \\ e poipt of view will niduqp a corresponding alteration in the dimensions and proportions of whatever comes within the fielcl of vision . One reads philosophy for j ^ n occasional mental exercise , as a sharpener of wits to be employed on anything but philosophy—another to gather a stock of phrases which may give superfiqial dignity , $ nd therewith disguise , the shallownegs , which § ti ( l is sufficiently deep to flostt him thpiigh societywhile a ttyrd dives into the deep tomes and brings up fragments

    of truth from the profundity to deepep the lustre of ivit or affpr ^ the contrast which is the soul qf a joke . But the object which I assume is , " The acquisition of sqch ^ degree of Political Wisc [ om >^ s \ $ necessary to a me ^ ibev of a cqmmupity for the beneficial exercise of wh ^ t political inflt ^ ence ^ e may pp $ - s ^ s ; ?> —fqy the furtherance of this object , what aicj 4 oes |( Ei § -

    TAfir < Tr * 1 « 7 / - » r » V \ # -1 " «» fV »/ % 4- DVll ly- > n / -wv \ U < r / tpjy give , and what Philosophy I i X | ie question is answered with sufficient peremptorjii ^ s by t ^ o § e who , hold that Histojry is the repertory pf the f ^ ct s from which Political $ cienpe is pbtamed * . were thi& so , w § should |( il ) " have pur Philosophy only i ^ i expectati on , " ;—ip expectation top by no means well assumed or sanguine . | r ^ the fprm m whwh pf

    IJistpry ip ixpw presented to us we ( ind but a mas ^ chaqtic y ecprds , deficient in all the requisite ^ fpr the material ^ p ^ yyhich Philp ^ pphy can vv p rk . Misrepresen ^ tion ^ p ( 3 ( equivpcatipnaj-e th § le ^ fc t ^ of the pbstacle ^ which defeat our , attempts \ . o ]>^ i \ d up ^ f ^ ib w of Eterpal TvMth put of the iin pte | fect fragm ^ ptg pf the Rast ; tP f ^ w \ e out of the ^ rok $ n rem ^ iTis wliicli tipe has s trewed arpunfl ^ st r ghold by wl ^ ict W ^ may m . afee good

    aji fj f 9 | rtify fpjr ever a system pf Politip § il Jf ^ ppjn ^^ . J $ ^ ns fi ^ k History in tlie hope of finding a reppr . qe ^ ^§ t ) g |? *| je coii ^^ pftrt pf a present emergency , sc » ne ^ y ly ftparalj ^ ra ^ io bp pf the lea ^ t fts ^ igt ^ nce in gujflipg o , ur ^^§ rj : ip , n ^ js o ^ yiousliy abprd ; npr le ^ s sp i ^ it to compare t }* e ^ -prafifrV&Q& HP ^ ij n r ^ pp ^ s qf r ^ mofs pents—imperfept $$ d ^ nt c $ f t ^ i # in th ^ i ^ o ^ t I ^ Wt ^ l pQJ pte-rW ftx $ hppe pf eppitj p ^ prinpjpks ^ hich ^ if w # ^ % , $ 41 b ^ y ^ p gni ^ 4 \ $ m vp ? f yipl ® § s-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1837, page 283, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1831/page/28/