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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
·
George Gissing
110
This
Jubilee
declares
a
legitimate
triumph
of
the
average
man.
Look
back
for
threescore
years,
and
who
shall
affect
to
doubt
that
the
time
has
been
marked
by
many
improvements
in
the
material
life
of
the
English
people?
Often
have
they
been
at
loggerheads
among
themselves,
but
they
have
never
flown
at
each
other's
throats,
and
from
every
grave
dispute
has
resulted
some
substantial
gain.
They
are
a
cleaner
people
and
a
more
sober;
in
every
class
there
is
a
diminution
of
brutality;
education--stand
for
what
it
may--has
notably
extended;
certain
forms
of
tyranny
have
been
abolished;
certain
forms
of
suffering,
due
to
heedlessness
or
ignorance,
have
been
abated.
True,
these
are
mere
details;
whether
they
indicate
a
solid
advance
in
civilization
cannot
yet
be
determined.
But
assuredly
the
average
Briton
has
cause
to
jubilate;
for
the
progressive
features
of
the
epoch
are
such
as
he
can
understand
and
approve,
whereas
the
doubt
which
may
be
cast
upon
its
ethical
complexion
is
for
him
either
non-existent
or
unintelligible.
So
let
cressets
flare
into
the
night
from
all
the
hills!
It
is
no
purchased
exultation,
no
servile
flattery.
The
People
acclaims
itself,
yet
not
without
genuine
gratitude
and
affection
towards
the
Representative
of
its
glory
and
its
power.
The
Constitutional
Compact
has
been
well
preserved.
Review
the
record
of
kingdoms,
and
say
how
often
it
has
come
to
pass
that
sovereign
and
people
rejoiced
together
over
bloodless
victories.
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