Any one conversant with the subject (I speak of the critical portion of the book) will see that it is deeply coloured by the author's prepossessions from beginning to end.

Here again he has only imbibed the temper of the nation.

Perhaps it is due to our political activity and the system of party-government that the spirit of party seems to have taken such a deep root in the English mind.

An Englishman's political opinions are determined for him mainly (though sometimes in the way of reaction) by his antecedents and education, and his opinions on other subjects follow in their train.

He takes them up with more of practical vigour and energy than breadth of reflection.