Excerpt from England and the EnglishWhile I write, still rings in the ears of England the parting valed'n tion of a man whose monument is the new charter of her liberties, one whom while we opposed in power we may yet honour in retirement, for his failings were precisely those which an honest politician would espose frankly, while it was time to amend them, and forget in a ge neral reverence for a high nature and noble qualities, the momenth exchanges public life for the dignified retirement of an illustrious old age. In the same pilot whom we advised, we urged, we admonished, we rebuked, amidst the shoals and quicksands which he appeared to disregard - we remember only the great storm through which he steered us, when his rest is won, and he hangs his last chaplet in the temple whence his name will not readily be cfl'aced. And ifi have spoken plainly and Openly of the errors of the late Cabinet - if I still purstl the theme, it is not without a certain reluctance, nor from any ls urgent motive than the wish that those errors should be a warning to them who come after a great man, and from whom less will be for given. It is easier to avoid his faults than to emulate his fame.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.