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" of all its softer and more generally attrac- 

 " live beauties. 



'* Though I have already, perhaps, dwelt 

 " too long on that great principle — connec- 

 '^ tion, yet I cannot conclude this letter with- 

 " out mentioning an example of its effects in 

 " a more important sphere. Not that its ef- 

 " fects are doubtful, but that it is an example 

 *' by no means unapplicable to the subject on 

 *• which I have been writing, and one that, 

 " in the present crisis, cannot be too much 

 " impressed on our minds. 



" The mutual connection and dependence 

 " of all the different ranks and orders of men 

 " in this country ; the innumerable but vo- 

 " luntary ties by which they are bound and 

 " united to each other (so different from 

 '* what are experienced by the subjects of 

 " any other monarchy), are, perhaps, the 

 " firmest securities of its glory, its strength, 

 " and its happiness. Freedom, like the ge- 

 " neral atmosphere, is diffused through every 

 " part, and its steady and settled influence, 

 " like that of the atmosphere on a fine even- 

 " ing, gives at once a glowing warmth, and a 

 " union to all within its sphere : and although 

 " the separation of the different ranks and 



