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Chapter 37

           Withtheglow-wormlightsofcountryplaces,howcouldmenseewhichweretheirownthoughtsintheconfusionofaToryMinistrypassingLiberalmeasures,ofTorynoblesandelectorsbeinganxioustoreturnLiberalsratherthanfriendsoftherecreantMinisters,andofoutcriesforremedieswhichseemedtohaveamysteriouslyremotebearingonprivateinterest,andweremadesuspiciousbytheadvocacyofdisagreeableneighbors?BuyersoftheMiddlemarchnewspapersfoundthemselvesinananomalousposition:duringtheagitationontheCatholicQuestionmanyhadgivenupthe"Pioneer"—whichhadamottofromCharlesJamesFoxandwasinthevanofprogress—becauseithadtakenPeel’ssideaboutthePapists,andhadthusblotteditsLiberalismwithatolerationofJesuitryandBaal;buttheywereillsatisfiedwiththe"Trumpet,"which—sinceitsblastsagainstRome,andinthegeneralflaccidityofthepublicmind(nobodyknowingwhowouldsupportwhom)—hadbecomefeebleinitsblowing.

           Itwasatime,accordingtoanoticeablearticleinthe"Pioneer,"whenthecryingneedsofthecountrymightwellcounteractareluctancetopublicactiononthepartofmenwhosemindshadfromlongexperienceacquiredbreadthaswellasconcentration,decisionofjudgmentaswellastolerance,dispassionatenessaswellasenergy—infact,allthosequalitieswhichinthemelancholyexperienceofmankindhavebeentheleastdisposedtosharelodgings.

           Mr.

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