The Admirable Crichton. 103 



of the Republic of Genoa to the measure of that of the Roman 

 Empne, and he concludes by passionately exhorting hi hea ers 

 to unammity, to mutual faith and co-operation, and to an un 

 bounded trust in the Almighty 



Here'^^.d there H "r °"'"" " '^^"^^' "^^"^•^^<^' ^^^ difficult. 

 Here and theie the discovery of the meaning involves the test of 



^tatn-e mterpretations before it can be dilerenced from othe 



hK:h are possible. Such a style might have been cultivated a 



^f by way of challenge, provocation or defiance of the k^ d o 



opponent Cnchton denounces to the Prince in his dedicatln 



Jz\t^:rTf' ''■ ^°"^^^' '-'' ^-^-" -^ ^ p'"e- 



Pheres of tteH. r"^"" " ""''''' ^" *^ ^^en existing 

 spheres of mtellectual exercise. In one or two places in the 

 oration he mdicates passion, and the discourse is noTone \lto 

 gether continuous effort of sustained hvperbole and l^p r" 

 mphment. There are, however, occasional subtlety and i ' iX 

 n the terms of his praise and denunciation. For ins a ice 

 having cursed the pretentions and deceptions of false and un 

 worthy law-givers, he falls back on the Lrors of the rhetorical" 

 figure known as aposiopesis for his ineffable estimate olZll 



Obnoxious to Genoa, to Italy, and to Christendom As a 

 pohician Crichton is a professor of the utmost catholidty A 

 a democrat he regards the citizens of Genoa as co-ordLte7v 

 J lustrious and glorious-or whatever other synonvm of ^tndou 

 the adjective may be-with the orders of senators', patrici n Tnd 

 magistrates, whilst the Prmrt^ ic fK • pduieians ana 



Republic Rnt J . u ""'^""^ controller of the 



Kepubhc. But all these are subservient to God as the Supreme 



Irf r iTt'' '' ^'^ ^^"^--' -^ His worship and ser! ^ 

 are to be the prominent rule of life in the State and are 



pZ: •" r '' '" ""-"^ °^ '-'^'''-''^^ '^^ P-P--^- d 

 p osperitv from generation to generation. Such re^-erence for 



the Divine order is interesting as an illustration of that filial piety 



^n his ife and domestic experience. Yet, along with this prin 

 -P e of the rights of the people all round, this diLguis ed lo er" 



e i V IbsoTuT V° 'r 'T'-' '-' ^°™^"'^ ''^^ - State co:id 

 enjov absolute freedom unless it had achieved it at the expense 

 of the subjugation and subjection of other States. ^ 



