Men and thought in modern history . ause.—Turgot. I am reminded of an adventure which befell ArchbishopWhately soon after his promotion to the see of arrival in Ireland he saw that the people were miser-able. The cause, in his mind, was their ignorance of poli-tical economy, of which he himself had written what heregarded as an excellent manual. An Irish translation ofthis manual, he conceived, would be the best possible medi-cine, and he commissioned a native Scripture reader tomake one. To insure correctness, he required the readerto retranslate to him what he had written line by l
Men and thought in modern history . ause.—Turgot. I am reminded of an adventure which befell ArchbishopWhately soon after his promotion to the see of arrival in Ireland he saw that the people were miser-able. The cause, in his mind, was their ignorance of poli-tical economy, of which he himself had written what heregarded as an excellent manual. An Irish translation ofthis manual, he conceived, would be the best possible medi-cine, and he commissioned a native Scripture reader tomake one. To insure correctness, he required the readerto retranslate to him what he had written line by line. Heobserved that the man as he read turned sometimes twopages at a time. The text went on correctly, but his quickeye perceived that something was written on the interven-ing leaves. He insisted on knowing what it was, and at lastextorted an explanation: Yor Grace, me and my comradeconceived that it was mighty dry readin, so we have justinterposed now and then a bit of a pawem, to help it for-ward, your Grace.—J. A. DURHAM. [Page 120 Chapter IX. LORD DURHAM AND RESPONSIBLEGOVERNMENT. IT has been a not uncommon experience in British his-tory that the remedy for misgovernment has beenfound to be self-government. This does not mean thatself-government is necessarily very good may be quite otherwise. But if it be the kind of govern-ment which a people want, and which suits them, it is theright kind of government for them, and may be better thanany which expert jurists, philosophers and statesmen coulddevise for them. For thousands of years the problem ofhow to govern mankind has exercised the best minds, andmany most admirable pieces have been written about it,from Aristotle down to Dicey. Ingenuity and high- think-ing have been lavished upon every aspect of the long as people are permitted to consider these wisethings as counsel which they may accept or reject as theyplease, they are very valuable; but if enforced upon an un-willing commun
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