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History Is Not A Burden On The Memory But An Illumination Of The Soul.

If The Past Has Been An Obstacle And A Burden, Knowledge Of The Past Is The Safest And The Surest Emancipation.

Neither An Enlightened Philosophy, Nor All The Political Wisdom Of Rome, Nor Even The Faith And Virtue Of The Christians Availed Against The Incorrigible Tradition Of Antiquity. Something Was Wanted, Beyond All The Gifts Of Reflection And Experience - A Faculty Of Self Government And Self Control, Developed Like Its Language In The Fibre Of A Nation, And Growing With Its Growth.

Fanaticism Displays Itself In The Masses; But The Masses Were Rarely Fanaticised; And The Crimes Ascribed To It Were Commonly Due To The Calculations Of Dispassionate Politicians.

Fanaticism In Religion Is The Alliance Of The Passions She Condemns With The Dogmas She Professes.