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hand, if the leading men in government show 
a disinterested patriotism, the people, con- 
ceiving their interests lodged in safe hands, 
will feel the best encouragement to cherish a 
spirit truly patriotic. An improyement in the 
sentiments of each is most likely to advance, 
by their going hand in hand. Political writers 
should address their doctrines to both alike. 
It is injudicious to impress the one with an 
opinion of the untractableness of the other. 
If it is difficult to excite among the inhabi- 
tants of this country an interest in its fate 
fully adequate to make them submit to priva- 
tions as well as to hazards, this certainly pro- 
ceeds from some unfortunate want of mutual 
confidence and of cordial co-operation, rather 
than from any invincible attachment to imme- 
diate ease and pleasure, and no such principle 
ought to be adopted as a fundamental position 
by writers who are endeavouring to unite 
their countrymen by enlightening their minds, 
In this point, the reviewer appears to be de- 
ficient. He is also chargeable with some 
inaccuracy in estimating the operation of the 
love of luxury, even supposing it to continue 
as predominant as it now is. 
That sentiments of disinterested patriotism 
must be fully exerted before the government 
can avail itself of their existence, is so far 
