marked, certain, and acknowledged. Could they be persuaded to
sober themselves with a little severe and chastised thinking,
they would see, that the cause of truth, and of sound philosophy,
cannot but suffer by substituting wild flights and unsupported
assertions for patient investigation, and well authenticated
proofs.

Mr Condorcet's book may be considered not only as a sketch of
the opinions of a celebrated individual, but of many of the
literary men in France at the beginning of the Revolution. As
such, though merely a sketch, it seems worthy of attention.



CHAPTER 10

Mr Godwin's system of equality--Error of attributing all the
vices of mankind to human institutions--Mr Godwin's first answer
to the difficulty arising from population totally insufficient--
Mr Godwin's beautiful system of equality supposed to be realized
--Its utter destruction simply from the principle of population in
so short a time as thirty years.


In reading Mr Godwin's ingenious and able work on political
justice, it is impossible not to be struck with the spirit and
energy of his style, the force and precision of some of his
reasonings, the ardent tone of his thoughts, and particularly
with that impressive earnestness of manner which gives an air of
truth to the whole. At the same time, it must be confessed that