The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . tunprincipled of ministers, and at another the most unprincipled ofdemagogues. Ashley had just been returned to Parliament for theborough of Poole, and was in his twenty-fifth year. In the courseof his speech he faltered, stammered, and seemed to lose the thread ofhis reasoning. The House, then, as now, indulgent to novices, and then,as now, well aware that, on a first appearance, the hesitation which is 1 That Locke was not a party to the attempt to make gold cheaper by penal laws, I infer froma passage in which he notices Lownd
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . tunprincipled of ministers, and at another the most unprincipled ofdemagogues. Ashley had just been returned to Parliament for theborough of Poole, and was in his twenty-fifth year. In the courseof his speech he faltered, stammered, and seemed to lose the thread ofhis reasoning. The House, then, as now, indulgent to novices, and then,as now, well aware that, on a first appearance, the hesitation which is 1 That Locke was not a party to the attempt to make gold cheaper by penal laws, I infer froma passage in which he notices Lowndess complaints about the high price of guineas. The onlyremedy, says Locke, for that mischief, as well as a great many others, is the putting an endto the passing of clippd money by tale.—Lockes Further That the penaltyproved, as might have been expected, inefficacious, appears from several passages in the despatchesof LHermitage, and even from Hayness Brief Memoires, though Haynes was a devoted adherentof Montague. -LHermitage, Jan. ^. //.C/<rJtennan i?inx. Jim: (}nl^/^ n .fcii/c- ANTHONY ASHLEY COOP^:R, THIRD EARL OF SHAFTESBURYFrom an engraving by S. Gribelin, after a painting by J. Closterman 2582 HISTORY OK ENGLAND chap, xxi the ciTcct of modest)- and sensibility is (juile as promising- a sign asvtilubility of utterance and ease of manner, encouraged him to proceed. How can I, Sir, said the )Oung orator, recovering himself, producea stronger argument in fa\our of this bill than my own failure? Myfortune, mv character, my life, are not at stake. I am speaking to anaudience whose kindness might well inspire me with courage. Andyet, from mere nervousness, from mere want of practice in addressinglarge assemblies, I have lost my recollection : I am unable to go onwith my argument. How helpless, then, must be a poor man who,never having opened his lips in public, is called upon to reply, withouta moments preparation, to the ablest and most experienced
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