Chamber's Cyclopædia of English literature; a history, critical and biographical, of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writings . othat men are nottempted to lieor disguise theiropinions amongthem ; which, be-ing a sort of fraud,is abhorred by theUtopians. Everyman may endeax-our to convertothers to hisviews by the forceof amicable andmodest argu-ment, withoutbitterness against those of other opinions ; but whoever adds re-proach and violence to persuasion is to be con-demned to banishment or slavery. UnhappilyMore did not in pr
Chamber's Cyclopædia of English literature; a history, critical and biographical, of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writings . othat men are nottempted to lieor disguise theiropinions amongthem ; which, be-ing a sort of fraud,is abhorred by theUtopians. Everyman may endeax-our to convertothers to hisviews by the forceof amicable andmodest argu-ment, withoutbitterness against those of other opinions ; but whoever adds re-proach and violence to persuasion is to be con-demned to banishment or slavery. UnhappilyMore did not in practice illustrate the principleshe had so attractively expounded ; religious zeal,his hearty abhorrence of the new theologicaldoctrines, and the sense of public responsibilityhaving modified his view of what was possibleand necessary in the interests of the religiousand moral welfare of the people. The Utopia was translated in 1551 by RalphRobinson, a Lincolnshire man, bred at CorpusChristi, , who held a small post in Cecilsservice. The following, from Robinsons trans-lation, shows that More as Utopist regardedsheep-farming with as little goodwill as HighlandLand League reformers :. SIR THOM From the picture by Holbein in Your shepe that were wont to be so meke and tame,and so smal eaters, now, as I heare saye, be become sogreat deuowerers and so wylde, that they eate vp andswallow downe the very men themselves. They con-sume, destroye, and deuoure whole fieldes, howses, andcities. For looke in what partes of the realme doth growethe fynest, and therfore dearest woU, there noblemen andgentlemen : yea, and certeyn abbotes, holy men no doubt,not contenting them selfes with the yearely reuenues andprofytes, that were wont to grow to theyr forefathers and predecessoursof their landes, norbeynge content thatHue in rest andpleasure, nothingprofiting, yea muchnoyinge the wealepublique : leave noground for tillage,thei inclose al intopastures: theit Ii r o w d o u n ehouses : t
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