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by the remarkable fact that they can borrow on more 

 favourable terms than most Kingdoms or Republics. 

 The relation of the Liberator to our Commercial Institu- 

 tions was that of the scum on the waters of the great 

 ocean. Moreover, the Liberator was not managed by 

 men of business. 



Again he is mistaken in saying that the land is a 

 " monopoly of men who never paid for it." What is 

 divided among thousands is not a monopoly ; the land 

 still held by original settlers or direct grant from the 

 Crown, is but a fraction of the whole, and the greater 

 part has been bought and sold over and over again. 



Differing, then, so much from Dr. Parker as to the 

 present, I cannot but feel some doubt as to his pro- 

 phecies with reference to the coming century. It is 

 difficult enough to see what will happen in the immediate 

 future, and, I think, impossible to forecast a hundred 

 years. — I am, yours truly, John Lubbock.^ 



The Use of Life came out this year, and Sir 

 John remarks that the reviews in the London 

 Papers " though friendly, were condescending, 

 and even somewhat contemptuous. Distin- 

 guished Uterary men knew the quotations and 

 the arguments were for the most part famiUar 

 to them. But the book was not intended for 

 scholars, or experienced men of the world. It 

 was meant for young people." 



The Provincial, Colonial, and Foreign Reviews 

 were far more complimentary, in part perhaps 

 because, before they appeared, the large sale of 

 the book had already shown that it was appreci- 

 ated by those for whom it was intended. In 

 eight years it had sold to the extent of over 

 100,000 English copies, in addition to more than 

 16 editions elsewhere, including such languages as 

 Arabic, Hindoo, Marathi (2 Editions), Gujerati 



1 Great Thoughts, March 9, 1805. 



