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Chapter 7

           Whateleganthistorianwouldneglectastrikingopportunityforpointingoutthathisheroesdidnotforeseethehistoryoftheworld,oreventheirownactions?—Forexample,thatHenryofNavarre,whenaProtestantbaby,littlethoughtofbeingaCatholicmonarch;orthatAlfredtheGreat,whenhemeasuredhislaboriousnightswithburningcandles,hadnoideaoffuturegentlemenmeasuringtheiridledayswithwatches.Hereisamineoftruth,which,howevervigorouslyitmaybeworked,islikelytooutlastourcoal.

           ButofMr.BrookeImakeafurtherremarkperhapslesswarrantedbyprecedent—namely,thatifhehadforeknownhisspeech,itmightnothavemadeanygreatdifference.Tothinkwithpleasureofhisniece’shusbandhavingalargeecclesiasticalincomewasonething—tomakeaLiberalspeechwasanotherthing;anditisanarrowmindwhichcannotlookatasubjectfromvariouspointsofview.

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