The Notable Persons Born in That County Born (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Notable Persons Born in That County Born Is it possible to relate, without an indignant smile, that on the father´s decease the property of a nation, like that of a drove of oxen, descends to his infant son, as yet unknown to mankind and to himself; and that the bravest warriors and the wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural right to empire, approach the royal cradle with bended knees and protestations of inviolable fidelity! Satire and declamation may paint these obvious topics in their most dazzling colours; but our more serious thoughts will respect a useful prejudice, that establishes a rule of succession, independent of the passions of mankind: and we shall cheerfully acquiesce in any expedient, which deprives the multitude of the dangerous power of giving themselves a master ... The superior prerogative of birth, when it has obtained the sanction of time and popular opinion, is the plainest and least invidious of all distinctions among mankind: the acknowledged right extinguishes the hopes of faction, and the conscious security disarms the cruelty of the monarch." He that regards monarchical principles in state policy, as Gibbon did, will say that John Barwick was a great and worthy man; on the other hand, he that prefers a democratic form of government, may condemn him as a bigot, or as a traitor to Liberty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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