Chapter 10. Containing the whole Science of Government

           

           TheCircumlocutionOfficewas(aseverybodyknowswithoutbeingtold)themostimportantDepartmentunderGovernment.NopublicbusinessofanykindcouldpossiblybedoneatanytimewithouttheacquiescenceoftheCircumlocutionOffice.Itsfingerwasinthelargestpublicpie,andinthesmallestpublictart.ItwasequallyimpossibletodotheplainestrightandtoundotheplainestwrongwithouttheexpressauthorityoftheCircumlocutionOffice.IfanotherGunpowderPlothadbeendiscoveredhalfanhourbeforethelightingofthematch,nobodywouldhavebeenjustifiedinsavingtheparliamentuntiltherehadbeenhalfascoreofboards,halfabushelofminutes,severalsacksofofficialmemoranda,andafamily-vaultfullofungrammaticalcorrespondence,onthepartoftheCircumlocutionOffice.

           Thisgloriousestablishmenthadbeenearlyinthefield,whentheonesublimeprincipleinvolvingthedifficultartofgoverningacountry,wasfirstdistinctlyrevealedtostatesmen.Ithadbeenforemosttostudythatbrightrevelationandtocarryitsshininginfluencethroughthewholeoftheofficialproceedings.Whateverwasrequiredtobedone,theCircumlocutionOfficewasbeforehandwithallthepublicdepartmentsintheartofperceiving—HOWNOTTODOIT.

           Throughthisdelicateperception,throughthetactwithwhichitinvariablyseizedit,andthroughthegeniuswithwhichitalwaysactedonit,theCircumlocutionOfficehadrisentoovertopallthepublicdepartments;andthepublicconditionhadrisentobe—whatitwas.

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