Excerpt from Three Letters to the Earl of Carlisle From William Eden, Esq.: On Certain Perversions of Political Reasoning; And on the Nature, Progress, and Effect of Party Spirit and of Parties; On the Present Circumstances of the War Between Great Britain and the Combined Powers of France and Spain It is impoffible not to admire that benevolence, Which, with zl difpofition to promote the general interefts and happinefs of mankind, applies its firfi and befi exettions to the benefitsof. That parti cular feelety, that has the-ne'arefi claim teithem. But the undifiinguithing benignity, whieh, pr'ofieffes to think With Equal affe'fiion, and talk With equal philaflth'rdpy'of all the World, and'of every indivi. Dual, is deferv'edly confideredeither as a vicious afieflation, or extreme weaknefs, or both.t On the other hand, the oppofite turn of chemo. Tet', though perhaps the vice of more aetive and fironger'minds, is not lafs, fatal to true judgment This is adifpofi'tion to afiume a tone of malignity, with'ccrtain'pretcnfions to {hrewdnefm to fpeak ill of every. Public man, and of every, publm i.wil fitfe; and with an unbridled 2651.l inveetive to overleap all bounds of moderation and 'candour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.