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Chapter 10. Containing the whole Science of Government

           

           ItistruethatHownottodoitwasthegreatstudyandobjectofallpublicdepartmentsandprofessionalpoliticiansallroundtheCircumlocutionOffice.Itistruethateverynewpremierandeverynewgovernment,cominginbecausetheyhadupheldacertainthingasnecessarytobedone,werenosoonercomeinthantheyappliedtheirutmostfacultiestodiscoveringHownottodoit.Itistruethatfromthemomentwhenageneralelectionwasover,everyreturnedmanwhohadbeenravingonhustingsbecauseithadn’tbeendone,andwhohadbeenaskingthefriendsofthehonourablegentlemanintheoppositeinterestonpainofimpeachmenttotellhimwhyithadn’tbeendone,andwhohadbeenassertingthatitmustbedone,andwhohadbeenpledginghimselfthatitshouldbedone,begantodevise,Howitwasnottobedone.ItistruethatthedebatesofbothHousesofParliamentthewholesessionthrough,uniformlytendedtotheprotracteddeliberation,Hownottodoit.Itistruethattheroyalspeechattheopeningofsuchsessionvirtuallysaid,Mylordsandgentlemen,youhaveaconsiderablestrokeofworktodo,andyouwillpleasetoretiretoyourrespectivechambers,anddiscuss,Hownottodoit.Itistruethattheroyalspeech,atthecloseofsuchsession,virtuallysaid,Mylordsandgentlemen,youhavethroughseverallaboriousmonthsbeenconsideringwithgreatloyaltyandpatriotism,Hownottodoit,andyouhavefoundout;andwiththeblessingofProvidenceupontheharvest(natural,notpolitical),Inowdismissyou.Allthisistrue,buttheCircumlocutionOfficewentbeyondit.

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