But no accurate writer would affirm that long continued misgovernment and desertion, added together, make up an act of abdication.

It is evident too that the mention of the Jesuits and other evil advisers of James weakens, instead of strengthening, the case against him.

For surely more indulgence is due to a man misled by pernicious counsel than to a man who goes wrong from the mere impulse of his own mind.

It is idle, however, to examine these memorable words as we should examine a chapter of Aristotle or of Hobbes.

Such words are to be considered, not as words, but as deeds.