Colloquies on Society

By: Southey, Robert

Book Excerpt: y by thefailure of the French Revolution to attain its aim in the suddenelevation of society was not of vanity in the aim, but of vanity inany hope of its immediate attainment by main force. Southey makesMore say to himself upon this question (page 37), "I admit that suchan improved condition of society as you contemplate is possible, andthat it ought always to be kept in view; but the error of supposingit too near, of fancying that there is a short road to it, is, ofall the errors of these times, the most pernicious, because itseduces the young and generous, and betrays them imperceptibly intoan alliance with whatever is flagitious and detestable." All strongreaction of mind tends towards excess in the opposite direction.Southey's detestation of the excesses of vile men that brought shameupon a revolutionary movement to which some of the purest hopes ofearnest youth had given impulse, drove him, as it drove Wordsworth, into dread of everything that sought with passionate energyimmediate chanRead Mor

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798711526056
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"