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principles to b < 3 ol ^ et ^ ed > . ku regar d to political chan ge the practical application of the ^ e principles . Abridgement or extract would do it injustice . It should be studied entire . It blends the clearness of the philosopher- with the wisdom of the practical statesman . The author gives distiiifctii&is ; W thfc very useless generalities so often put forth on thesematters / andTui ^ JjBi ^' a ' guit&inee j
j ^ wROTiv > SriiiIar distinctness may be obtained in other cases . He points out the fact , so seldom adverted to , that there may be , and often is , as much rashness in resisting changes as in making them . The compound problem to be solved involves both the jp ^ p bable good effects of a proposed measure , and the state of opinion and feeling in the community in relation to that measure . The latter is indeed , logically , included in the former , but is too important to be mixed up with the other elements of the inquiry ; it may affect ,
and even change , for a long period , the character of them all . These questions , however , are continually becoming more simple as politics becomes more of a science , as its principles are generally understood and admitted , and as the facility with which they are practically applied is increased by the mental habitudes of those from whom the people receive instruction . Towards this most desirable progress the present work is an invaluable contribution .
It is the best text-book that has yet been provided for the popular political instructor . It is a Principia for him to master and expound . Two Essays are appended , one on Political Equality , ' and the other on Rights / which our limited space will not at present allow us to notice . We cannot conclude , however , without recommend-:
ing the author ' s style to the attention of those who , in asserting the principles of Bentham , seem sometimes disposed , partially at least , to follow his phraseology also . Mr . Bailey always writes pure , lucid ,, and mellifluous knglish . He is eloquent , and evenpoetical , on tke same principles that made Barrow eloquent and Chaucer a poet ; viz ., by the transparency of his language * the masterly
arrangement of accumulated thought , and the truthful presentation of important objects according to the impression made by them on his own understanding and feelings .
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O , blended majesty and grace of motion ! Majefttic us a billow of the ocean ; And graceful as a matron ' s bosom heaving !
At the first coming of the twilight wan . The crystal of the river whitely cleaving . O ' er his fair shac | ow floats a state-proud swan ! His wings upreared and curved ; his fine neck arching ; His ejres to fetthtr shorn intently peering ; Hie progress silent as the mighty matching Ot earth suid all the plaaets round the tun !
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1835, page 414, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2646/page/50/
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