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Chapter 6

           ThattheotherpartoftheparliamentconsistedofanassemblycalledtheHouseofCommons,whowereallprincipalgentlemen,freelypickedandculledoutbythepeoplethemselves,fortheirgreatabilitiesandloveoftheircountry,torepresentthewisdomofthewholenation.AndthatthesetwobodiesmadeupthemostaugustassemblyinEurope;towhom,inconjunctionwiththeprince,thewholelegislatureiscommitted.

           Ithendescendedtothecourtsofjustice;overwhichthejudges,thosevenerablesagesandinterpretersofthelaw,presided,fordeterminingthedisputedrightsandpropertiesofmen,aswellasforthepunishmentofviceandprotectionofinnocence.Imentionedtheprudentmanagementofourtreasury;thevalourandachievementsofourforces,byseaandland.Icomputedthenumberofourpeople,byreckoninghowmanymillionstheremightbeofeachreligioussect,orpoliticalpartyamongus.Ididnotomitevenoursportsandpastimes,oranyotherparticularwhichIthoughtmightredoundtothehonourofmycountry.AndIfinishedallwithabriefhistoricalaccountofaffairsandeventsinEnglandforaboutahundredyearspast.

           Thisconversationwasnotendedunderfiveaudiences,eachofseveralhours;andthekingheardthewholewithgreatattention,frequentlytakingnotesofwhatIspoke,aswellasmemorandumsofwhatquestionsheintendedtoaskme.

           WhenIhadputanendtotheselongdiscources,hismajesty,inasixthaudience,consultinghisnotes,proposedmanydoubts,queries,andobjections,uponeveryarticle.Heasked,"Whatmethodswereusedtocultivatethemindsandbodiesofouryoungnobility,andinwhatkindofbusinesstheycommonlyspentthefirstandteachablepartsoftheirlives?Whatcoursewastakentosupplythatassembly,whenanynoblefamilybecameextinct?

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