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Ernest And Falk.
F . Leave that out of the question . Say that the best form that is capable of being conceived has already been found ; say that all mankind have adopted this best form of government ; do you not think that even then circumstances of the most evil tendency for the safety of human happiness would arise from this best form of government , circumstances of Avhich
man in his normal condition never dreamt . E . I think , that if such circumstances were to arise out of the best governmental system , it would no longer be the perfect form . F . And a better form would be possible ? Well , then , I accept this better form as the bestand repeat my question ?
, E . You seem to me to be simply quibbling from the commencement upon the assumption that every human application of means to an end , —under Avhich means you classify governments , —coidd not be otherwise than fallible . F . Not simply . E . And you -would find it difficult to instance one of these
noxious things . F . Having their origin in the conditions of the best government . Oh ! scores ! E . One , at any rate . F . We "will agree that the best form of government is invented : we agree that all mankind is living under this government ; would all mankind as a natural consequence be one nation ?
E . Hardly . So immense a state could not be governed . It would naturally split into several smaller states , each ruled by the same laAVS . F . That is to say , —Ave should have Germans and French , Dutch and Spanish , Russians and Swedes , or whatever they might be called ?
E . Certainly . F . Well , then , there is your first instance . For is it not true that every state has its own interests ? and every member of the state his interest in the state ?
E . HOAV otherwise ? F . These diverse interests would frequently come into collision , just as it is noAV , and tAvo members of such states AVOUICI be just as unable to meet each other Avithout an undercurrent of repulsion , just as noAV is the case between the Germans and the French , the French and the English . *
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Ernest And Falk.
F . Leave that out of the question . Say that the best form that is capable of being conceived has already been found ; say that all mankind have adopted this best form of government ; do you not think that even then circumstances of the most evil tendency for the safety of human happiness would arise from this best form of government , circumstances of Avhich
man in his normal condition never dreamt . E . I think , that if such circumstances were to arise out of the best governmental system , it would no longer be the perfect form . F . And a better form would be possible ? Well , then , I accept this better form as the bestand repeat my question ?
, E . You seem to me to be simply quibbling from the commencement upon the assumption that every human application of means to an end , —under Avhich means you classify governments , —coidd not be otherwise than fallible . F . Not simply . E . And you -would find it difficult to instance one of these
noxious things . F . Having their origin in the conditions of the best government . Oh ! scores ! E . One , at any rate . F . We "will agree that the best form of government is invented : we agree that all mankind is living under this government ; would all mankind as a natural consequence be one nation ?
E . Hardly . So immense a state could not be governed . It would naturally split into several smaller states , each ruled by the same laAVS . F . That is to say , —Ave should have Germans and French , Dutch and Spanish , Russians and Swedes , or whatever they might be called ?
E . Certainly . F . Well , then , there is your first instance . For is it not true that every state has its own interests ? and every member of the state his interest in the state ?
E . HOAV otherwise ? F . These diverse interests would frequently come into collision , just as it is noAV , and tAvo members of such states AVOUICI be just as unable to meet each other Avithout an undercurrent of repulsion , just as noAV is the case between the Germans and the French , the French and the English . *