Chapter 14. Taking Advice

           

           WhenitbecameknowntotheBritonsontheshoreoftheyellowTiberthattheirintelligentcompatriot,MrSparkler,wasmadeoneoftheLordsoftheirCircumlocutionOffice,theytookitasapieceofnewswithwhichtheyhadnonearerconcernthanwithanyotherpieceofnews—anyotherAccidentorOffence—intheEnglishpapers.Somelaughed;somesaid,bywayofcompleteexcuse,thatthepostwasvirtuallyasinecure,andanyfoolwhocouldspellhisnamewasgoodenoughforit;some,andthesethemoresolemnpoliticaloracles,saidthatDecimusdidwiselytostrengthenhimself,andthatthesoleconstitutionalpurposeofallplaceswithinthegiftofDecimus,was,thatDecimusshouldstrengthenhimself.AfewbiliousBritonstherewerewhowouldnotsubscribetothisarticleoffaith;buttheirobjectionwaspurelytheoretical.Inapracticalpointofview,theylistlesslyabandonedthematter,asbeingthebusinessofsomeotherBritonsunknown,somewhere,ornowhere.Inlikemanner,athome,greatnumbersofBritonsmaintained,foraslongasfour-and-twentyconsecutivehours,thatthoseinvisibleandanonymousBritons‘oughttotakeitup;’andthatiftheyquietlyacquiescedinit,theydeservedit.ButofwhatclasstheremissBritonswerecomposed,andwheretheunluckycreatureshidthemselves,andwhytheyhidthemselves,andhowitconstantlyhappenedthattheyneglectedtheirinterests,whensomanyotherBritonswerequiteatalosstoaccountfortheirnotlookingafterthoseinterests,wasnot,eitherupontheshoreoftheyellowTiberortheshoreoftheblackThames,madeapparenttomen.

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