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Just as elegant and sub specie aeternitatis as its predecessor (The Passions and the Interedts) thus far, but nowhere near as intellectually bracing/revivifying
— Jun 02, 2025 02:02PM
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The word Democracy occupied in 1831 the position which the word Socialism holds today in a similar connection. It was understood to mean something vaguely terrible which might "come" and would "come" if the respectable classes did not stand together something cataclysmic and all-pervading.
If Democracy came, King and Lords would disappear, and old landmarks of all description would be swept away.
— Jun 16, 2025 08:50AM
If Democracy came, King and Lords would disappear, and old landmarks of all description would be swept away.
