Ibil.. p. KIS

11. ll)id.. jip. 177-178. Cf. An Ajipral jroin tlie nciv to the old ivhiijs \o!. VI, pp. 208 siiq.

12. Works, \(i]. III. p. ll'i, Spiirli on Conciliation with AmeL'ica, 177.'> : .Mari acts from adcipialr iiioli\rs relative to his interest, and not on rnelapbysical speculalions. Arislolle, the groat master of reasoning, cautions us, ami willi gccal wcight and propriely, against tliis species of delusive gcometrical accuracT in moral arguments, as the most fallacious of ail sophistry. — Cf. Ee/Iections, vol. V, pp. 108-109 : It is said, that twentyfour millions ought to prevail over two hundred thousands. True : if the constitution of a kingdom be a problem of aiithmetic. — pp. 12r)-l'26: Politicai reason is a Computing principle: adding, suhtracting, mulliplying and divitling, moi'ally and not melapliysically or mathemalically, true moral dénominations. — p. 32.") : Tliey îles Français) bave niuch, but bad, metaph^\sics ; mncli, but bad, geometry ; much, but false, proportionate arithmetic; but if it were ail as exact as nietaphysics, geometry, and arithmctic ought to be, and if llieir scheines were pcrfectly consistent in

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ail their parts, it would iiuike oiily a more fair aiui sit;htly \ision. It is remarkable, that in a great arrangement of mankind, not one référence whatsoever is to be found to anything moral or anything jiolitic; nolliing that relates to Ihe concerns, tlie actions, tlie passions, llie interests of men. Hominem non sapiunt.

13. Refleclioiis, Works, vol. V, pp. 123-124 : The science of constructing a comnionwealth, or renovating it, or reforming it, is, like every other expérimental science, not to be tauglil a priori. Nor is it a short expérience that can inslruct us in tliat i)ractical science... The science of government bcing thereibre so practical in itself, and intended for such practical pur[)Oses, a matter which requires expérience, and even more expérience than any person can gain in his wliole lifc, liowever sagacious and observing he may be, it is with infinité caution that any maii ouglit to venture upon puUing down an édifice Avhich lias answered in any tolerable degree for âges the common purposes of society. or on building it up again, without having models and patterns of approved utility before his eyes.

14. Reflections, Works, vol. V, p. 107 : l'rcjudice is of roady application in Ihe eniergency; it previously engages the mind in a steady course of Avisdom and virtue, and does not leave the man hesitating in tlie moment of décision, sce]>tical, puzzled, and unresolved. Préjudice rentiers a man's virtue his habit, and not a séries of unconnected acts. Through just préjudice, his duty becomes a part of his nature.

15. Reflectiuns, \Yorks, vol. V, \). 82 : You bcgan ill, because you began by despising every thing that belonged to you. You set up your Iradc without a capital. — p. 167 : ^Ye are afraid to put men to live and Irade each on his own private stock of reason ; because we suspect tiiat liiis stock in each man is small, und that the individuals would do better to aAail themselves of tlie gênerai bank and capital of nations and of âges.

16. Ilnd.. p. 167 : Burke continue: because préjudice, with il^ reason, has a motive to give action to that reason, and an aft'ection which will give it permanence. — Cf. p. 284. Thèse institutions (les institutions monastiques) are tiie iiroducts of entiiusiasm; they are the instruments of wisdoin. ^Yisdom caiinot creatc materials; they are the gifts of nalnrr or of chance; lier |)ridc is in Ihe use.