Excerpt from The Spirit of Despotism: Dedicated to Lord Castlereagh There is one circumstance which induces me to think that, in this instance, my heart does t deceive me. I am certain, that in attempting to promote the general happiness of without serving any party or paying court to any individual, I am t studying my own in tercet. 0n the contrary, I am well aware that my very subject must give ofience to those who are possessed of power and patronage. I have personal enmities, and therefore am truly concerned that I could t treat the Spirit of Despotism, without advancing opinions that must displease the ami! Great. I certainly sacrifice all view of personal advantage to what appears to me the public good; and atter myself that this alone evinces the purity of m motive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy 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.
