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The Influence Of Power Over Friendship.
THE INFLUENCE OF POWER OVER FRIENDSHIP .
AMONGST UNEQUALS NO SOCIETY . " MlLTOft . IF we trace back the periods that are past , or deliberate on the manners of the present times , we shall plainly perceive , that merithowever
no , great , or intimacy however close , can put upon a social equality those who are unequal in power ; there will at all times , circumstances occur to give an utter disrelish to unequal society : the person of small fortune will frequently lie at the mercy and power of the rich , and that superiority will be sufficient to counterbalance all the favors that they have received at
may any former time . A magisterial deportment is as severel y felt when exercised by a King as any inferior person ; and more so , as in the former there is less probability of loosing the fetters , in the latter it is practicable ; innumerable instances present themselves of the truth of this remark , and Voltaire is a convincing proof that it is but gilded slavery to live under the roof of Kingthe
a ; minds and actions of men , constantly pant for freedom , and nothing but compulsive force can arrest it from them : a word , an action " or a look of disapprobation from the patron is sufficient to cast a gloom over the mind of the dependant , and fill his soul with an aversion to the delusive company of the great .
Frederick , who was enamoured with the French lano-uao-e , poetry , and philosophy , chose Voltaire for his confident and ^ uide ! they mutually sent each other their works , the Prince consulted the Philosopher concerning his studies , and requested lessons of advice ; they discussed the most curious as well as the most difficult metaphysical questions : the Prince at that time studied the works of Wolf , whose systems and unintelligible language he soon abfor h "
jured philosopy more simple and more true ; he also employed himself in a refutation ofMachiavel : that is , in proving that the most certain policy of a soverei gn is to make moral rules his guide , and that his personal interest does not necessarily render him the enemy of his subjects , and his nei ghbours ; as Machiavel had supposed either from a love of hypotheses , or to disgust his countrymen with a monarchical government , toward which they seemed to be inclined by their weariness of a re-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Influence Of Power Over Friendship.
THE INFLUENCE OF POWER OVER FRIENDSHIP .
AMONGST UNEQUALS NO SOCIETY . " MlLTOft . IF we trace back the periods that are past , or deliberate on the manners of the present times , we shall plainly perceive , that merithowever
no , great , or intimacy however close , can put upon a social equality those who are unequal in power ; there will at all times , circumstances occur to give an utter disrelish to unequal society : the person of small fortune will frequently lie at the mercy and power of the rich , and that superiority will be sufficient to counterbalance all the favors that they have received at
may any former time . A magisterial deportment is as severel y felt when exercised by a King as any inferior person ; and more so , as in the former there is less probability of loosing the fetters , in the latter it is practicable ; innumerable instances present themselves of the truth of this remark , and Voltaire is a convincing proof that it is but gilded slavery to live under the roof of Kingthe
a ; minds and actions of men , constantly pant for freedom , and nothing but compulsive force can arrest it from them : a word , an action " or a look of disapprobation from the patron is sufficient to cast a gloom over the mind of the dependant , and fill his soul with an aversion to the delusive company of the great .
Frederick , who was enamoured with the French lano-uao-e , poetry , and philosophy , chose Voltaire for his confident and ^ uide ! they mutually sent each other their works , the Prince consulted the Philosopher concerning his studies , and requested lessons of advice ; they discussed the most curious as well as the most difficult metaphysical questions : the Prince at that time studied the works of Wolf , whose systems and unintelligible language he soon abfor h "
jured philosopy more simple and more true ; he also employed himself in a refutation ofMachiavel : that is , in proving that the most certain policy of a soverei gn is to make moral rules his guide , and that his personal interest does not necessarily render him the enemy of his subjects , and his nei ghbours ; as Machiavel had supposed either from a love of hypotheses , or to disgust his countrymen with a monarchical government , toward which they seemed to be inclined by their weariness of a re-