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Chapter 10. Containing the whole Science of Government

           Howthetrialsweremadeinthepresenceofaboardofsix,ofwhomtwoancientmembersweretooblindtoseeit,twootherancientmembersweretoodeaftohearit,oneotherancientmemberwastoolametogetnearit,andthefinalancientmemberwastoopig-headedtolookatit.Howthereweremoreyears;moreimpertinences,ignorances,andinsults.HowmylordsthenmadeaMinute,numberfivethousandonehundredandthree,wherebytheyresignedthebusinesstotheCircumlocutionOffice.HowtheCircumlocutionOffice,incourseoftime,tookupthebusinessasifitwereabrannewthingofyesterday,whichhadneverbeenheardofbefore;muddledthebusiness,addledthebusiness,tossedthebusinessinawetblanket.Howtheimpertinences,ignorances,andinsultswentthroughthemultiplicationtable.HowtherewasareferenceoftheinventiontothreeBarnaclesandaStiltstalking,whoknewnothingaboutit;intowhoseheadsnothingcouldbehammeredaboutit;whogotboredaboutit,andreportedphysicalimpossibilitiesaboutit.HowtheCircumlocutionOffice,inaMinute,numbereightthousandsevenhundredandforty,‘sawnoreasontoreversethedecisionatwhichmylordshadarrived.’HowtheCircumlocutionOffice,beingremindedthatmylordshadarrivedatnodecision,shelvedthebusiness.

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