XI.] CONCLUSION. 



both these gentlemen ; both of them were worthy 

 of all the respect that man can entertain for man. 

 I should have deemed it a greater honour to have 

 been introduced to them than to all the Prime 

 Ministers that 1 have ever known in England ; 

 but I was resolved to do nothing that could pos- 

 sibly be construed into a desire on my part to be 

 in favour with those, who, in the due discharge 

 of their duty to their country, must of necessity 

 entertain a desire to lessen the power of mine. 



198. I had not forgotten, nor have I yet for- 

 gotten, nor shall I ever forget or forgive, the 

 treatment which I have received from persons in 

 power in England. But, they are not England; 

 they are not my country ; my country is un- 

 happy, in misery, sinking in character, and it is 

 my duty to endeavour to restore her to her 

 former state ; and, in the meanwhile, to do her 

 all the good that I can, consistent with my own 

 preservation and that of my family ; but, above 

 all things, it is my duty, possessing as I do, an 

 unusual portion of that sort of knowledge, calcu- 

 lated, if properly applied, to better the lot of the 

 labouring classes ; and, possessing also the means 

 of communicating that knowledge extensively; it 

 is my duty, a duty next to that which I owe to my 

 own flesh and blood, to communicate it, and that, 

 too, in a way the most likely to be efficient. The 

 most useful piece of knowledge of this tendency, 



