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Chapter 10. Containing the whole Science of Government

           ThenwouldhekeeponeeyeuponacoachorcrammerfromtheCircumlocutionOfficesittingbelowthebar,andsmashthehonourablegentlemanwiththeCircumlocutionOfficeaccountofthismatter.Andalthoughoneoftwothingsalwayshappened;namely,eitherthattheCircumlocutionOfficehadnothingtosayandsaidit,orthatithadsomethingtosayofwhichthenoblelord,orrighthonourablegentleman,blunderedonehalfandforgottheother;theCircumlocutionOfficewasalwaysvotedimmaculatebyanaccommodatingmajority.

           SuchanurseryofstatesmenhadtheDepartmentbecomeinvirtueofalongcareerofthisnature,thatseveralsolemnlordshadattainedthereputationofbeingquiteunearthlyprodigiesofbusiness,solelyfromhavingpractised,Hownottodoit,astheheadoftheCircumlocutionOffice.Astotheminorpriestsandacolytesofthattemple,theresultofallthiswasthattheystooddividedintotwoclasses,and,downtothejuniormessenger,eitherbelievedintheCircumlocutionOfficeasaheaven-borninstitutionthathadanabsoluterighttodowhateveritliked;ortookrefugeintotalinfidelity,andconsidereditaflagrantnuisance.

           TheBarnaclefamilyhadforsometimehelpedtoadministertheCircumlocutionOffice.TheTiteBarnacleBranch,indeed,consideredthemselvesinageneralwayashavingvestedrightsinthatdirection,andtookitillifanyotherfamilyhadmuchtosaytoit.TheBarnacleswereaveryhighfamily,andaverylargefamily.Theyweredispersedalloverthepublicoffices,andheldallsortsofpublicplaces.

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