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The Scientific Magazine, And Freemasons' Repository,
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
FOR MAY 1797 . A REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS
o ? THE RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE . WITH A PORTRAIT .
X'KTHETHER we consider talents , knowledge , or their difectio ' ii » » and effects on human affairs , no man , of modern times , stanc . more eminently distinguished than EDMUND BURKE . It is not his genius only , —a genius of which , we may see a vast expanse , though the bounds are beyond the reach of our vision ;—a genius , which ; though ¦ it had not been cultivated by eruditionenlightened by all learnings
, and formed by science , must , even unimproved by art , by its own natural force have rendered its possessor infinitely superior to ordinary men ;—a genius not only grasping and comprehending , but appropriating every subject of human knowledge , and . making it subservient to its own great designs ;—whatever if saw , occupying ; whatever it occupied , possessing ; whatever it possessed , employing ;
transmuting ail other metals into that of which it consists itself ! a metal malleable , ductile , and of the highest value ;— -which fus rendered the character of this personage interesting and momentous . A very great portion of its importance i's derived from the direction which his inclination , combined with the circumstances of the times , have given to his talentsand the consequences they have producedancl
, , are producing , to mankind . The effects could not have proceeded but from great efficacy : the efficacy might have existed with , ut the ; effects . ' - Whether the consequences resulting from the recent exertions of Mr . Burke ' s powers are , or are not , salutary—whether it would have been better or worse for his countrymen , aud others , that he
had given his talents a different direction—it would be premature todecide until after an investigarion of bis character and an examination ¦ of facts . Those who contend either the one or fhe other will readily admit , that few or none have haci , ancl have , at this present moment , so powerful an influence on human happiness as Edmund Burke , VOL . vm , QO
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Scientific Magazine, And Freemasons' Repository,
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
FOR MAY 1797 . A REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS
o ? THE RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE . WITH A PORTRAIT .
X'KTHETHER we consider talents , knowledge , or their difectio ' ii » » and effects on human affairs , no man , of modern times , stanc . more eminently distinguished than EDMUND BURKE . It is not his genius only , —a genius of which , we may see a vast expanse , though the bounds are beyond the reach of our vision ;—a genius , which ; though ¦ it had not been cultivated by eruditionenlightened by all learnings
, and formed by science , must , even unimproved by art , by its own natural force have rendered its possessor infinitely superior to ordinary men ;—a genius not only grasping and comprehending , but appropriating every subject of human knowledge , and . making it subservient to its own great designs ;—whatever if saw , occupying ; whatever it occupied , possessing ; whatever it possessed , employing ;
transmuting ail other metals into that of which it consists itself ! a metal malleable , ductile , and of the highest value ;— -which fus rendered the character of this personage interesting and momentous . A very great portion of its importance i's derived from the direction which his inclination , combined with the circumstances of the times , have given to his talentsand the consequences they have producedancl
, , are producing , to mankind . The effects could not have proceeded but from great efficacy : the efficacy might have existed with , ut the ; effects . ' - Whether the consequences resulting from the recent exertions of Mr . Burke ' s powers are , or are not , salutary—whether it would have been better or worse for his countrymen , aud others , that he
had given his talents a different direction—it would be premature todecide until after an investigarion of bis character and an examination ¦ of facts . Those who contend either the one or fhe other will readily admit , that few or none have haci , ancl have , at this present moment , so powerful an influence on human happiness as Edmund Burke , VOL . vm , QO