. Thackerayana;. No. 112. The World.—Feb. 20, 1755. 1 My cobbler is also a politician. He reads the first news-papers he can get, desirousto be informed of the stateof affairs in Europe, and ofthe street robberies of Lon-don. He has not, I pre-sume, analysed the interestsof the respective countries of Europe, nor deeply considered thoseof his own ; still less is he systematicall y informed of the politi-cal duties of a citizen and subject. But his heart and hishabits supply these defects. He glows with zeal for the honourand prosperity of old England ; he will fight for it if there be anoccasi
. Thackerayana;. No. 112. The World.—Feb. 20, 1755. 1 My cobbler is also a politician. He reads the first news-papers he can get, desirousto be informed of the stateof affairs in Europe, and ofthe street robberies of Lon-don. He has not, I pre-sume, analysed the interestsof the respective countries of Europe, nor deeply considered thoseof his own ; still less is he systematicall y informed of the politi-cal duties of a citizen and subject. But his heart and hishabits supply these defects. He glows with zeal for the honourand prosperity of old England ; he will fight for it if there be anoccasion, and drink to it perhaps a little too often and too , is it not to be wished that there were in this country sixmillions of such honest and zealous, though uninformed, citizens ? Our honest cobbler is thoroughly convinced, as his forefatherswere for many centuries, that one Englishman can beat threeFrenchmen; and in that persuasion he would by no means 342 THACKERAYANA. decline the trial. Now, th
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