ISBN: 9781458828514

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1871 Excerpt: ... COST OF GLORY. 2 I 1 Parliament next, to make laws. No man can afford to walk, with trains at a penny a mile. Gas burners are cheaper than daylight in numberless floors in the cities. Sydney Smith''s criticisms extended to the north, as well as the south. North American statistics is a subject he treated of in an article bearing date about 1818. The suggestions which this volume of statistics was full of, led Sydney Smith to write a very amusing passage, which I will read to you, on the smaller American cost for doing things. Be it observed, that the PostmasterGeneral of America gets PS750 a year, which Sydney Smith contrasts with the large salaries of our noblemen postmasters thus:-- If, however, we were ever to indulge in the Saxon practice of looking into affairs, some important documents might be derived from these American salaries. Jonathan sees no reason why the first clerk of the House of Commons should derive emoluments of PS6,000 or PS7,000 a year. But Jonathan is vulgar and arithmetical. He then points out to the Americans the folly of war and the cost of its glory. We can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory. Taxes upon every article which enters the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot; taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste; taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion; taxes upon everything on earth, and the water under the earth, 212 SYDNEY SMITH AS A SPEAKER. on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home; taxes on raw material; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man; taxes on the sauce which pampers man''s appetite, and the drug which restores him to health; taxes on the ermine of the judg... William Dawbarn, Books, History, Government, conduct, and example Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: A. Hall & Co. in 1871 in 297 pages; Subjects: Glasgow (Scotland); Wisbeach (England); Conduct of life; Wisbech (England); History / General; History / Europe / Great Britain; Political Science / General; Self-Help / General;<