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Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular.
On Mitford's History of Greece', Knight's Quarterly Magazine (1824)
That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.
On Mitford's History of Greece', Knight's Quarterly Magazine (1824)
Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain,—wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and tears, and ache for the dark house and the long sleep,—there is exhibited, in its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens.
On Mitford's History of Greece', Knight's Quarterly Magazine (1824)