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as much ai geometry must be the basis of all the works of a carpenter , who may nevertheless work correctly without ever having heard of the word ' geometry . ' They wish to rule the world according to established models , forgetting that the wants of the world have outgrown them , and that new truths have rendered
necessary the construction of new theories , to be verified and corrected in practice . Not being competent to the task , they think to get over the matter by denying the wants of the world , and asking for a precedent . This will not do . If they resist the just demands of the community , or are incompetent to fulfil them , they must be cast out . There was once an age in the world when
precedents existed not , and the present generation of men is as competent to make precedents as ever former generations were . Previous to the passing of the Catholic Relief Bill , some of its advocates affected to ground their claim upon the parchments of the treaty of Limerick , as if the law of justice was not the primary source to refer to in a question of right and wrong—of fittingness
and unfittingness . The new truths which have began to illumine the political horizon , have astounded and alarmed the rulers , at the same time that they have dazzled and gladdened the ruled with the most cheering aspect of hope . The rulers try to resist their influence , in all but the most glaring cases , and often when they attempt
to amend they make worse . The ruled are indignant at the interested delay , and in their anxiety to push on the beneficial movement , would go to sea without rudder or compass , as if the mere hoisting of the sails would , by putting the vessel in motion , ensure her arrival at the wished for haven . This must not be . At the
same time that all brave men are willing to peril life and limb in the voyage , it is requisite that the vessel should be well found with all that may reduce the risk as much as possible , and ensure , so far as human exertions or foresight can secure it , the certainty of success . I am not amongst the faint-hearted . The voyage of improvement must be performed at all hazards , but I am not inclined to stick the gallant vessel fast upon a rock if care and caution may avoid it .
The present Ministry have got themselves into a situation they are not calculated to fill . They did not anticipate the effects of the Reform Bill . They deemed that it would be a sop to the people , and still public clamour : they thought not of ulterior consequences . They , doubtless , now regret their concessions , but it
would be wiser in them to reflect , that they have only given without confusion , what ultimately would have been taken by force . The people ' s eyes are opened , and they know their interest . Their clamours for reform , were they addressed to wise and honest men , would be received in a manner calculated to secure confidence
and obtain the requisite time for the concoction of efficient remedies for the public evils , but the Whigs are scared at the din , and in their-coward affright talk absurdly and act worse . They patch ,
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Abolition of Negro Slavery . 46 *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1833, page 455, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2618/page/15/
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