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Article THE GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE. ← Page 2 of 6 →
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The General Assurance Advocate.
always produce , there is this comfort and consolation—that these vast convulsions are natural ones , which have been for a long series of years preparing for development , and that as the throes of nature are ahvays beneficial—as the tempests which give the mariner an unconsecrated grave in the caves of ocean disperse the pestilence floating in the air ; as the lightning which strikes the tall tree down , and tears soul from
body , relieves tbe oppressed atmosphere ; as the flood , which sweeps man ancl his wealth from the earth retiring , leaves the ground fertilised , so we are justified in hoping that when the political storms shall have been hushed , when the lightnings of revolution shall have ceased to play , when the waters of agitation shall have subsided , we shall find that fell disease despotism vanished , the political atmosphere clear ,
bracing , ancl unclouded , and the minds of nations fitted to foster the growth of true liberty ami the development of Christian virtue . The British nation has watched the progress of the dread tempest of change passing from kingdom to kingdom , not so much with fearful apprehension for itself as with humane anxiety for the interests of humanity and liberty , and with thoughtful consideration , seeking to extract from the chaos that experience and wisdom which would hel p her to render still more secure her own elevated and comparatively safe position ; and we have but ill succeeded if we have not learned that , the
true prosperity and peace of a state must rest principally upon its social institutions . . Among the most important of our institutions is Assurance , ancl that ancl its most important branch , Life Assurance in particular , has been strangely disregarded and often mismanaged . The high in place among assurance offices have suffered , if not encouraged , a state of things to
grow up which threatens to whelm a system , so transcendantly excellent in itself , under unnatural evil results . A sort of aristocratic local power has arisen , which tends to overawe and beat down the social impulses , and to render that exclusive ancl confined in its operation , of which Democracy is the very principle , Combination the life-blood , ancl widespread Diffusion a necessity of existence ; and hence has arisen an
effort among many thoughtful men to bring about a bloodless and beneficial revolution in the sub-empire of Life Assurance . AVe are no levellers , but simply honest reasoners ; we hate and detest the creed which , powerful to destroy , is wanting in that Divine attribute of humanity—the power to create . AA ' e have no sympathy with those who would raze the mental edifices of this world , without
striving to build on surer foundations superstructures of greater beauty , strength , ancl usefulness . AVe have no fellow feeling with those who merely seek to pull down all to one level , and such shall have no aid from our hands ; but we will range ourselves under the same banner
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The General Assurance Advocate.
always produce , there is this comfort and consolation—that these vast convulsions are natural ones , which have been for a long series of years preparing for development , and that as the throes of nature are ahvays beneficial—as the tempests which give the mariner an unconsecrated grave in the caves of ocean disperse the pestilence floating in the air ; as the lightning which strikes the tall tree down , and tears soul from
body , relieves tbe oppressed atmosphere ; as the flood , which sweeps man ancl his wealth from the earth retiring , leaves the ground fertilised , so we are justified in hoping that when the political storms shall have been hushed , when the lightnings of revolution shall have ceased to play , when the waters of agitation shall have subsided , we shall find that fell disease despotism vanished , the political atmosphere clear ,
bracing , ancl unclouded , and the minds of nations fitted to foster the growth of true liberty ami the development of Christian virtue . The British nation has watched the progress of the dread tempest of change passing from kingdom to kingdom , not so much with fearful apprehension for itself as with humane anxiety for the interests of humanity and liberty , and with thoughtful consideration , seeking to extract from the chaos that experience and wisdom which would hel p her to render still more secure her own elevated and comparatively safe position ; and we have but ill succeeded if we have not learned that , the
true prosperity and peace of a state must rest principally upon its social institutions . . Among the most important of our institutions is Assurance , ancl that ancl its most important branch , Life Assurance in particular , has been strangely disregarded and often mismanaged . The high in place among assurance offices have suffered , if not encouraged , a state of things to
grow up which threatens to whelm a system , so transcendantly excellent in itself , under unnatural evil results . A sort of aristocratic local power has arisen , which tends to overawe and beat down the social impulses , and to render that exclusive ancl confined in its operation , of which Democracy is the very principle , Combination the life-blood , ancl widespread Diffusion a necessity of existence ; and hence has arisen an
effort among many thoughtful men to bring about a bloodless and beneficial revolution in the sub-empire of Life Assurance . AVe are no levellers , but simply honest reasoners ; we hate and detest the creed which , powerful to destroy , is wanting in that Divine attribute of humanity—the power to create . AA ' e have no sympathy with those who would raze the mental edifices of this world , without
striving to build on surer foundations superstructures of greater beauty , strength , ancl usefulness . AVe have no fellow feeling with those who merely seek to pull down all to one level , and such shall have no aid from our hands ; but we will range ourselves under the same banner