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The revolution which human nature desires to effect step by step

in many ages is likely to be precipitated by him in a single year

or life. They are afraid that in the pursuit of his greater aims

he may disregard the common feelings of humanity, he is too apt

to be looking into the distant future or back into the remote

past, and unable to see actions or events which, to use an

expression of Plato's 'are tumbling out at his feet.' Besides, as

Plato would say, there are other corruptions of these

philosophical statesmen.