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cornpanied by a presumptuous confidence in private 

 judgment: a dislike of all established forms merely because 

 they are established, and of the old paths merely because 

 they are old : it has such a tendency to go too far rather 

 than not far enough ; that this great man, conscious of the 

 blessings of society and of the many perplexities which 

 accompany even the most beneficial alterations, always 

 looked with suspicion upon a love of change, whether it 

 existed in himself or in others. In his advice to Sir 

 George Villiers he said, &quot; Merit the admonition of the 

 wisest of men : My son, fear God and the King, and 

 meddle not with those who are given to change.* &quot; 



(c) False patriotism, till it gain its end, 

 Is as the true in many semblances. 

 Like that it takes upon it to reform 

 Oppressive judgments and injurious laws, 

 That bear too hard upon the common weal : 

 Cries out upon abuses, seems to weep 

 Over the country s wrongs : and by this face 

 Of seeming zeal and justice, craftily 

 It wins those hearts for which its bait is thrown. 

 But when its end is gained, 



Tis flattering, cruel, 



Pompous and full of sound and stupid rage ; 

 Of faith neglectful : heaping wrong on wrong : 

 Ambitious, selfish : while the true is calm, 

 Firm, persevering, more in act than show. 



Deux citoiens haranguoient sur la place, 



Montr s chacun sur un treteau : 



L un vend force poisons, distilles dans une eau 

 Limpide a 1 oeil ; mais il parle avec grace; 



Son habit est dors , son Equipage est beau ; 



II attroupe la populace. 

 L autre, ami des humains, jaloux de leur bonheur, 



Pour rien de&quot;bite un antidote : 

 Mais il est simple, brusque et mauvais orateur ; 



On s en moque, on le fuit comme un fou qui radote, 

 Et TOD court si Pempoisonneur. 



