. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . measure has ever been pro-jected in Great Britain without at once awak-ening the antagonistic forces which slumberever at the door. In that country, the partymethod of advocacy and opposition is appliedto everything. It might be said, without ex-aggeration, that if the Premier of Englandshould lay before the House of Commons aresolution that men ought
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . measure has ever been pro-jected in Great Britain without at once awak-ening the antagonistic forces which slumberever at the door. In that country, the partymethod of advocacy and opposition is appliedto everything. It might be said, without ex-aggeration, that if the Premier of Englandshould lay before the House of Commons aresolution that men ought to be good andhappy, the leader of the Opposition would beready with a reply; the debate would fee sharpand protracted, and the majority for the meas-ure would be determined by a division of theHouse! For this reason, progress in Englandis laborious in the last degree. The coursetowards better things is rendered tortuous anddifficult. The streams of national life flowlike water underground—turned in this direc-tion and in that by the nature of the media,percolating through gravel-beds, deflected bymisplaced strata, and finally issuing throughhitherto undiscovered orifices in unexpected GREAT BRITAIN.—FROM HYDE PARK TO BOSFMORUS. 325. 526 UNIVERSAL HISTORY. —THE MODERN WORLD. places, on unknown hill-sides. Let the reader,however, fail not to note that, by such a pro-•cess, the waters are purified and the springsrendered perennial in their flow. No sooner was the Princes project knownthan opposition arose in every quarter. Firstof all, it was saic that a Worlds Fair, held inLondon, would bring to the metropolis am lange of all nations. With them wouldcome their vices and diseases, and the people?would become infected with both. In par-ticular, it was urged that the Red Republicansof the Continent would come over in swarms,and that their presence in London would ex-cite the revival of Chartism, IrishisiUj Revolu-tionism, and every other political was even urged
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