An Essay On the Spirit And Influence of the Reformation
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VILLERS' ESSAY. LU aspect ; but, in general, it may be considered as the division ofthe political bodies of Europe into two croups, nearly equal in strength, and in each of which sometimes one and some- times another of the powers bears the principal sway. Before the states of Europe entered into an aggregate sys- tem of connection, Italy and Germany had, for a long time, formed individual systems, or confederations, in which the common policy of each of the states endeavoured to maintain a cer...tain equilibrium, and to restrain one party by another. It is possible that this partial equilibrium may have been the type from which the idea of a general equilibrium was formed : but how much more extensive and accurate were the views which flowed from this ! Politics, which, in Italy especially, had hitherto been a tissue of lov/ craft, petty perfidies, in- trigues, cruelties, and meannesses, became more expanded and more liberal ; its principles were more evident, and better known ; the greater part of the powerful governments who took part in negotiations by their ministers, mutually enlight- ened each other.
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