High Spirits
The Scots Ob.B#rF6r, commenting on the effect of civilisation. -upon the en» .^"oy mgi^t ss\ jmankindi »re.mairked i revcently^~^;,Wheiijair.iß sjaid.and done therft^^S: something;- wahting. The zeßt,athe;Salt of, life has gone with its discomfort. i.:,lWe shiver lesjs, but we sorro.ws;iare lighter, •but m .aj-e our- joys.. Take politics, tfor ipßtance f/ r ;_Np,w^-days, wo live, on terms, of ; irieigdship iWith ,our Opponents. It is all very j pleasant,; but it is.lnofe aStnfle tame? How much more exciting to wWch-the stiife'of •parties when you knew th^t.if your side lost your head parted : company, with your body^or yi?n were;immured in the Tower, off.forcpdu to flee, while your) poopenty I passed ; t to , yojir ppposites. On th^.. other fband4f c .you won, you enjoyed -the 'wild Justice'; •of revenge. Your foe's head polled -on Tower Grjebn, . .iand ' u&e .never ►troubled you;: any more, though, his ghost might look; yo.U up ocqasionally ;• •especially when, .things .shp.wed sym--iptoms of going ijyrpjig.- , In-the.me.an7 time, however, ( .ypu ; and your, friends divided his pipperty and : enjoyed .you^elfeß(fl33 only men :i do; who are delivered ammipent ,danger.', jt is plain that, os, rege^dsniexfiitoment,. Victorian are vastly inferior- to. Tudor ;politics." „-. . .jii ...(,•■.„ \ i( v . . ;; . ..' .
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 127, 19 April 1890, Page 4
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195High Spirits Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 127, 19 April 1890, Page 4
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