The ‘Phineas’ paused for a moment in mid-ocean, the only living thing of its tribe upon the waters without a purpose straining in its hull. The hesitation lasted only a moment. The boat swung round, took one look at the horizon, then dashed forwards again on the home journey to England and new work.
England had gone back to its occupations. The papers spoke of the return of political sanity; of the rejection of ideas from a tainted source; of the restoration of the system which had been the bulwark of our greatness through so many centuries. The composition of Lord Glendover’s Cabinet attested his sincere intention of putting public affairs on a business-like and efficient footing.
There is no remedy for the errors of Democracy; there is no elasticity of energy to fulfil purposes conceived on a larger scale than its every-day thought. Other systems may be purged by the rising waves of national life; but Democracy is exhaustive.
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