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Edmund Burke.
EDMUND BURKE .
BURKIANA : OR , THE WITTY SAYINGS , THE SHREWD REMARKS , AND POLITICAL OPINIONS OF THE LATE KIGHT HON .
[[ CONTINUED FHOM OUT . LAST . ]] DEANERY OF FERN . / 7 ) NE evening at the club , speaking ofthe Deanery of Fern which ^ - was then vacant , Burke said it must be barren , and that he believed there would be a contest for it between Dr . Heath aud
Dr . Moss . Speaking of livings in general , ' by this , ' he said , ' that Horace describes a good manor' 'Est modus in rebus sunt cerli deniquc fines ; Which he translated , ' There is a modus in the tythes and fixed fines . ' WISDOM AND FOLLY .
¦ IN describing the character of Edward I . he drew the line between the firmness of Wisdom and the obstinacy of Folly . ' Wisdom pursued her ends no longer than she found them to be attainable and salutary . Foil } -, unable to distinguish , and filled with conceit , often continued to seek objects , merely because she had once done so . ' FREEDOM .
' . THAT is freedom to every practical purpose , which thc people think so . ' Johnson , in reply , said , " 1 will let the King of France govern me on those conditions , for it is to be governed just as I please . "
METAPHYSICAL REFINEMENT OF REPUBLICANS . 'THERE are people who have split and anatomized the doctrine of free government , as if it were an abstract question concerning met ,:-physcial liberty and necessity , and not a matter of mora ! prudence and natural feelirg . Speculations are let loose , as destructive to all authority , as the firmer ( slavish doctrines ) are to all freedom ; and
every government is called tyranny and usurpation which is not formed on their fancies . In this manner the stirrers up of this contention are corrupting our understandings ; they are endeavouring to tear up along with practical liberty , all the foundations of human society , all equity and justice , religion and order . ' SUPINENESS OF GOVERNMENT .
IT happened during a long debate on the Scotch riots , occasioned by the Roman Catholic bill , that the Prime Minister was indulging himself in a profound nap . 'I hope , ' said . Burke , 'Government is not dead , but asleep : ' pointing , to Lord North , 'Brother Lazarus is ijot dead , only sleef-tib . '
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Edmund Burke.
EDMUND BURKE .
BURKIANA : OR , THE WITTY SAYINGS , THE SHREWD REMARKS , AND POLITICAL OPINIONS OF THE LATE KIGHT HON .
[[ CONTINUED FHOM OUT . LAST . ]] DEANERY OF FERN . / 7 ) NE evening at the club , speaking ofthe Deanery of Fern which ^ - was then vacant , Burke said it must be barren , and that he believed there would be a contest for it between Dr . Heath aud
Dr . Moss . Speaking of livings in general , ' by this , ' he said , ' that Horace describes a good manor' 'Est modus in rebus sunt cerli deniquc fines ; Which he translated , ' There is a modus in the tythes and fixed fines . ' WISDOM AND FOLLY .
¦ IN describing the character of Edward I . he drew the line between the firmness of Wisdom and the obstinacy of Folly . ' Wisdom pursued her ends no longer than she found them to be attainable and salutary . Foil } -, unable to distinguish , and filled with conceit , often continued to seek objects , merely because she had once done so . ' FREEDOM .
' . THAT is freedom to every practical purpose , which thc people think so . ' Johnson , in reply , said , " 1 will let the King of France govern me on those conditions , for it is to be governed just as I please . "
METAPHYSICAL REFINEMENT OF REPUBLICANS . 'THERE are people who have split and anatomized the doctrine of free government , as if it were an abstract question concerning met ,:-physcial liberty and necessity , and not a matter of mora ! prudence and natural feelirg . Speculations are let loose , as destructive to all authority , as the firmer ( slavish doctrines ) are to all freedom ; and
every government is called tyranny and usurpation which is not formed on their fancies . In this manner the stirrers up of this contention are corrupting our understandings ; they are endeavouring to tear up along with practical liberty , all the foundations of human society , all equity and justice , religion and order . ' SUPINENESS OF GOVERNMENT .
IT happened during a long debate on the Scotch riots , occasioned by the Roman Catholic bill , that the Prime Minister was indulging himself in a profound nap . 'I hope , ' said . Burke , 'Government is not dead , but asleep : ' pointing , to Lord North , 'Brother Lazarus is ijot dead , only sleef-tib . '