The man who grounded his faith in historic experience refused to admit as history the elements alien from his special outlook.

He took that liberty not to venerate where he was unable to comprehend which he denied to his opponents.

Nor did he admit the uses to which his doctrine of prescription was bound to be put in the hands of selfish and unscrupulous men.

No one will object to privilege for a Chatham; but privilege for the Duke of Grafton is a different thing, and Burke's doctrine safeguards the innumerable men of whom Grafton is the type in the hope that by happy accident some Chatham will one day emerge.

He justifies the privileges of the English Church in the name of religious well-being; but it is difficult to see what men like Watson or Archbishop Cornwallis have got to do with religion.