...nd for such legislation from the class of society that is most powerful in political action. No one who examines the question can be satisfied that a ... ...he peace, con- tentment, prosperity or well-being of his neighbors, or the political or social organization in which his life is cast. In this sense m... ...s to change and individuality. The fact is, none of the generally accepted theories of the basis of right and wrong has ever been the foundation of la... ...ucture of man. The truth is that it was a part of life before religion and political institutions were evolved. Still, most people are now ashamed to ... ...in any community must and will act for self-defense. It needs no fine-spun theories to justify it. Hatred should have nothing to do with it. The condu... ...onment that formed their habits after birth. The fact that an individual’s political and religious faith depends almost entirely on his place of birth... ...an the invalid and feeble nations. This would more certainly be true where political constitutions by letter and spirit encourage and promote individu... ...s of patient study will be needed before there can be worked out the broad theories of responsibility for and treatment of crime which will replace th... ...of the treatment of the insane serves to show the uncertainty of all man’s theories as to punishment and responsibility. Doubt- less at a very early a...

...magined in English hands? The braver exemplar for grappling with monstrous political tasks is Cavour, and he would not have hinted at the iron method ... ...y fear from a Dublin House of Commons. The declarations and novel or ultra theories might almost be written down beforehand. I should, for my part, an... ...e should prepare to start it cordially , cordially assist it. Thought- ful political minds regard the measure as a backward step; yet conceiving but a... ...ht to have found Italy in greatly different condition, both as regards her political and military posi- tion. Italy is, on the contrary, in exactly th... ... T o the simple private, who does not know of diplomatic imbroglios and of political considerations, this sudden retreat means an almost as sudden ret... ...ountry that the task has been accomplished. A talk on the present state of political affairs, and on the peculiar position of Italy, is the only subje...

...s which arose from his sympathy with the great French Revolution. His only political feeling had been hith- erto a sentimental Jacobitism, not more or... ...domontade, but filled with living indignation, to de- clare his right to a political opinion, and his willingness to shed his blood for the political ... ...ate, before it becomes fully operative. Strange excursions and high-flying theories may interest, but they cannot rule behaviour. Our faith is not the... ... and between friends of the same sex, but in the field of the less intense political sympathies; and his ideal man must not only be a generous friend ... ...should prevail.” For his part, he would not “for an instant recognise that political organisation for his government which is the slave’s government a... ... thus did it come twice, though in a subaltern attitude, into the field of political history. NOTE. – For many facts in the above essay, among which I...