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    enactmctntei U ^ tKite iMn ^ fivi * ita < l ^ &a ^ a separate * tu £ y or j ) Poi fe ** i <* v bitt Imve conskterWl if to be a btrfiri ^* wbk * frimght 4 ^ -pte ^ c&w ^ frmti jxmuita ' reqmrihg rn tense efx ^ ftiofi v' Ha * memt ^» m of the supre me aase rnb Lf m » other ^ ccup ^ ti ^ nf ^ o ' attend'to , Weshdold no longer see the absurd jitoc * tiee of meetirig to legislate for the country at those hours , vben the

    vigour and perspicacity and soundness of the mind are at the lowest point . No one who had any acquaintance with the mental and physical constitution of men could expect the best possible laws from nocturnal legislators , already exhausted by the occupations of the day , and frequently obliged to resort to some sort of stimulants to keep up the capacity of attending to what is before them/—pp . 182—188 .

    * In carrying such a disqualification into effect ( and of the judiciousness of doing it by law we would be understood to speak with some diffidence , from a dread of superfluous legislation ) the range of selection left to the constituent body would doubtless be narrowed ; but it if < rf little avail to have the power of choosing public servants who foave f ) krt time to perform their duties ; and the range of choice might be expanded agaifvbydie obvious expedient of annexing a salary to the office of

    representative . In truth , this expedient seems to be required at art t events ; in order to give the greatest intensity to the motives which ^ fmpei ^ cK * mind of the legislator to apply itself to the difficulties of thciauk , ' 'M well as to enhance the vigilance of the constituent body , by tetfchhvg ^ tiiem the value * of hie services , and of their own suffrages , in a fanyr ; wW * h the * Ju H « estf amongst them can understand . Under such an ftTrto rtg *^ ment , tr « n of energetic and comprehensive minds , trained to vig& 4 "OUi personal And ihental exertion , but who are obliged to devote thenfsg | V «*

    to pursuits yielding a profitable return , and are conveniently at j ^ resOnt eitlier exsfoftied from the legislature , or are mere ciphers- in it , U * otrM be , vrith all their faculties , at the command of the public . Wen of thin description , so gifted , and so placed above private cards , wottid 1 * 3 faw 1 liable : for instead of giving that lazy gentlemanly attention lo pu&fce questions , which , in their own apprehension at lea-rt is all tltat can fa reasonably expected from unpaid representatives living in luxurious oJhh lence ; or that casual , and intermitting , and brief attendance ^ m fheir

    duties , which is all that professional practitioners can boafow ^ thcj ^ d make their legislative functions the business of their lives . Starefrtittos intellectual exenion , except in the case of a few extraordinary fftiodft t t * which it is a pleasure , as severe corporeal exercise is to n mah ^ f gr ^ at muscular strength , is irksome , and seldom habitually undertaken ^ ithoift a powerful external motive . It is surely polrcy in a nation to- httiMh this motive for due application to national affair * . "•

    * To set against these advantages , there appears to be nothing but the expense . On the most liberal calculation , less than hull' a million sterling would effect the object ; and every one must own that this would to mere dusk in the balance , when placed against the benefits to he derived frtim'Stktaifaitmg masterly legislation for the deplorable work wfrfofc htn tOG 44 % &n tMtosftd under that imme . '—pp « 19 * 2—194

    Qil tYie vr 6 hert y qualification , the author observes Ihya : fi t ? J »( HiMW T lflL *|® P . fl $ yi , ° f . m ^ &g ??** % MSaWMSI specnTea amount or property cannot always be exactly ascertained , and

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1835, page 325, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2645/page/33/