Memoirs of His Own Time With Reminiscences of the Men And Events of the Revolu
Memoirs of His Own Time With Reminiscences of the Men And Events of the Revolu
Alexander Graydon
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* But what is the general prospe- rity to hearts that are torn by the furies of disappointed ambition or avarice ! It is but as paradise to the foe of mankind, engen- dering a more deadly venom in the tortured soul, soothing itself with the dire imagery of Claudian's Alecto. Siccine tranquillo produci seecula cursu ? Sic fortunatas patiemur viveres gentes ? &c. &c. Unfortunately there was no proportion between the offices to be disposed of, and the persons who had been in expectancy. No- thing ...less than miraculous power could have so distributed the loaves and fishes as to fill the immense multitude that hungered for them ; and the dissatisfied only repined at a success, which, * All this is now historical and requires no illustration. Yet, in the year 1796, the " Sage of Monticello" thus wrote to Mazzei, an Italian who had resided in this country, and with whom the " Sage" had formed an intimacy : " The aspect of our politics has wonderfully changed since you left us. In place of that noble love of liberty and republican government which carried us triumph- antly through the war, an Anglican Monarchical and Aristocratical Party has sprung up, whose avowed object is to draw over us the substance, as they have already done the forms, of the British Government.
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