The Rambler, Vol. 4
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Excerpt from The Rambler, Vol. 4: Seu Vetus Est Verum Diligo Sive Novum Men and nations that believe in a supreme moral Ruler of the world hold this distinction in reverence, and do not think it allowable to transgress moral principles for the acquisition of any end, however tempting, nor to do evil that good may come. They may transgress this law often enough, but they will never maintain that they are right in transgressing it. But men who have no faith in a moral Governor of the world, and the schools of anarchy, democracy, or Cæsarism which they found, hold the distinction to be not only worthless, but false, foolish, and mischievous. They hold it to be a mere superstition to be scrupulous about the means when the utility of the object aimed at is once acknowledged; and they unblushingly avow the "sovereignty of the end" to be the only pole-star of their compass. This is the motto of the revolution; the principles of revolutionary Cæsarism are precisely the same, though they are expressed differently. Napoleon at St. Helena contrasted his empire with the old Christian monarchies of Europe: "They never suspected that my monarchy was essentially different from theirs. Mine was altogether in the sphere of facts, theirs altogether in that of right; theirs was founded upon habit, mine disregarded it; mine marched with the genius of the age, theirs hauled upon the ropes to hold it back." The imperialism of Napoleon III. has gone a step further; it raises facts not only above right, but above reason also; and not only is blame rendered nugatory, but the most convincing arguments collapse when they are tried by the new touchstone, the "logic of facts." The moral and mental civilisation which nearly two thousand years of Christianity have conquered for Europe is in danger; and both reason and right are now invited to bow their heads before the golden calf of brute force or of accident. Not that Christians question tho "sovereignty of the end" when the expression is only used to remind them that they must suffer with patience and resignation, if not with joy, whatever God ordains or permits. But the end is only sovereign to them after it has passed into the sphere of facts. They recognise that "whatever is is right," but do not thereby acknowledge that every body is right in doing whatever ho does. 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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