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165 the sake of the power which he loves ; he will cease to care to do what he ought, from a wish to retain the capacity of doing something. Or, suppose a further case : there have been many times and countries where the loss of office was equivalent to the loss of liberty, perhaps to that of life. In one age of English history, one great historian says, " There was but a single step from the throne to the scaffold ". In another age, another great historian says, " It was as dangerous to be lea...der of opposition as to be a highwayman ". ^ The possessors of power in those times, upon principle, destroyed or endeavoured to destroy their predecessors. Such a prospect would induce a statesman to love office for its own sake. It would absorb the whole of his attention; he could hardly be asked to think of his country. Extraordinary men would do so, but ordinary men would be overwhelmed by the " violent motive " of personal fear; they would only be thinking of themselves even when they were doing what in truth and fact was beneficial to their country.
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