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The Scientific Magazine, And Freemasons' Repository,
the , polite , the candid , ancl the wise men in Opposition * may be from tiiose of the ignorant , the vulgar , the narrow-minded , and the foolish , they all concur in deeming Mr . Burke the author of iramense , incalculable , and irremediable evil to the children of men . According to the admirers of Mr . Burke ' s recent conduct , ' he affords a most striking instance of powers of the greatest compass and loyed iu effecting the most beneficial purposes . His
energy emp writings , eloquence , and Avisdom , recalled Britons from the deluding errors of xdsionary theories to the salutary lessons of experience ; from the abstractions of metaphysics , and the falsities of fanciful hypotheses , to the contemplation of their actual state of welfare and happiness ; demonstrated to them the evils to which rage for innovation Avas leading is votaries ; untaught them to prefer possiblebut
, very improbable , acquirement to certain possession ; persuaded them to look to their OAVU history and experience , and not to the mischievous speculations of their neig hbours . Seeing the increasing disposition in many individuals to sacrifice the constitution , and , consequently happiness , of their country to revolutionary doctrines , he warned them of the misery which they Avere ignorantly seeking ;
he excited the majority of men of talents , influence , and interest in the state , to vigilance and vigour in preserving their country . His perspicacity , from the first symptoms , fully comprehended the nature of the disease , and prognosticated its dreadful effects ; stopped the infection from spreading . in his own country , by prescribing efficacious preventivesand causing all communication to be cut off
, with the country in Avhich the pestilence was raging , His genius was the agent of wisdom , . his wisdom the minister of patriotism . He was the bulwark- of the British constitution , of rational liberty , and of property ; the champion who drove back the flames of Jacobinism from our battlements and fortresses ; the preserver of our church and state in the various orders and gradations of their
component members ; the securer ot internal tranquility and happiness : whose energy was the principal source of vigour , in external measures necessary to save this country from being overrun by French politics , and even dependant on French power ; of measures which , though they have failed of complete successs as to continental affairs , yet have saved the constitution , and preserved the independence of Britain . '
Such is the opinion eiit . ' .-t-iined of Mr . Burke by the approvers of the present system and plans of Government . Those who do not concur in every particular of praise or censure of this personage with the supporters or opponents of Administration , agree with both in ascribing the prevention of reform , aud the continuance of the present system , Avhether , on the whole , good or bad—the Avar , on the whole , whether right or wrong—chiefly and ultimately to the powers and exertions of Edmund Burke .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Scientific Magazine, And Freemasons' Repository,
the , polite , the candid , ancl the wise men in Opposition * may be from tiiose of the ignorant , the vulgar , the narrow-minded , and the foolish , they all concur in deeming Mr . Burke the author of iramense , incalculable , and irremediable evil to the children of men . According to the admirers of Mr . Burke ' s recent conduct , ' he affords a most striking instance of powers of the greatest compass and loyed iu effecting the most beneficial purposes . His
energy emp writings , eloquence , and Avisdom , recalled Britons from the deluding errors of xdsionary theories to the salutary lessons of experience ; from the abstractions of metaphysics , and the falsities of fanciful hypotheses , to the contemplation of their actual state of welfare and happiness ; demonstrated to them the evils to which rage for innovation Avas leading is votaries ; untaught them to prefer possiblebut
, very improbable , acquirement to certain possession ; persuaded them to look to their OAVU history and experience , and not to the mischievous speculations of their neig hbours . Seeing the increasing disposition in many individuals to sacrifice the constitution , and , consequently happiness , of their country to revolutionary doctrines , he warned them of the misery which they Avere ignorantly seeking ;
he excited the majority of men of talents , influence , and interest in the state , to vigilance and vigour in preserving their country . His perspicacity , from the first symptoms , fully comprehended the nature of the disease , and prognosticated its dreadful effects ; stopped the infection from spreading . in his own country , by prescribing efficacious preventivesand causing all communication to be cut off
, with the country in Avhich the pestilence was raging , His genius was the agent of wisdom , . his wisdom the minister of patriotism . He was the bulwark- of the British constitution , of rational liberty , and of property ; the champion who drove back the flames of Jacobinism from our battlements and fortresses ; the preserver of our church and state in the various orders and gradations of their
component members ; the securer ot internal tranquility and happiness : whose energy was the principal source of vigour , in external measures necessary to save this country from being overrun by French politics , and even dependant on French power ; of measures which , though they have failed of complete successs as to continental affairs , yet have saved the constitution , and preserved the independence of Britain . '
Such is the opinion eiit . ' .-t-iined of Mr . Burke by the approvers of the present system and plans of Government . Those who do not concur in every particular of praise or censure of this personage with the supporters or opponents of Administration , agree with both in ascribing the prevention of reform , aud the continuance of the present system , Avhether , on the whole , good or bad—the Avar , on the whole , whether right or wrong—chiefly and ultimately to the powers and exertions of Edmund Burke .