The complete works . live by teaching orexhibition of behavior; and by soldiers, those who live by•fighting, either by robbing wise peasants, or getting them-selves paid by foolish ones. Into these three classes theworlds multitudes are essentially hitherto divided. The le-gitimate merchant of course exists, and can exist, only on thesmall percentage of pay obtainable for the transfer of goods;and the manufacturer and artist are, in healthy society, de-veloped states of the peasant. The morbid power of manu-facture and commerce in our own age is an accidental con-dition of national decrepitude
The complete works . live by teaching orexhibition of behavior; and by soldiers, those who live by•fighting, either by robbing wise peasants, or getting them-selves paid by foolish ones. Into these three classes theworlds multitudes are essentially hitherto divided. The le-gitimate merchant of course exists, and can exist, only on thesmall percentage of pay obtainable for the transfer of goods;and the manufacturer and artist are, in healthy society, de-veloped states of the peasant. The morbid power of manu-facture and commerce in our own age is an accidental con-dition of national decrepitude; the injustices connected withit are mainly those of the gambling-house, and quite un-worthy of analytical inquiry; but the unjust relations of thesoldier, clergyman, and peasant have hitherto been constantin all great nations;—they are full of mystery and beauty intheir iniquity; they require the most subtle, and deserve themost reverent, analysis. The first root of distinction between the soldier and peas- as. ROBERT. COrXT OF FLAXTJERS, callefl The Son of St. drawn by John Baptist Vrints, of Antwerp. FOES CLAVIGEKA. 29 ant is in barrenness and fruitfulness of possessed ground;the inhabitant of sands and rocks redeeming his share (see speech of Roderick in the Lady of the Lake ) fromthe inhabitant of corn-bearing ground. The second root ofit is delight in athletic exercise, resulting in beauty of personand perfectness of race, and causing men to be content, oreven triumphant, in accepting continual risk of death, if bysuch risk they can escape the injury of servile toil. Again, the first root of distinction between clergyman andpeasant is the greater intelligence, which instinctively de-sires both to learn and teach, and is content to accept thesmallest maintenance, if it may remain so occupied. (Lookback to Marmontels account of his tutor.) The second root of distinction is that which gives rise tothe word clergy, properly signifying persons chosen by lot,or
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