Humanly Speaking

s not discreditable to those concerned. These are not ordinary times, and they are not to be judged by ordinary standards. England is at the present

The confused noise may be disagreeable to persons of

last few years, and the magnitude of those which are proposed, we do

ers exercised for a thousand years, has been made without an appeal to arms. But there was no

methods as a change of masters. A change of ideas may be discussed in an amiable and orderly way. The honorable gentlemen who have the respons

evise their opinions. They are told that their opinions are no longer important. The matter is severel

he amenities suited to a more quiet time. It is no longer a question

o a delegation of his opponents, "When people are on opposite sides of a chasm they may be courteous to one another, a

waving a courteous salutation to the people on the other side,-that depends on who the people are. If you know them and have been l

feel a contempt for their abilities. They are not of your set. The word "gentleman" is derived from the word gens. People of the same

easy to wave courteous salutations across the chasms which divide parties. Political discussion takes a rude turn. It is no longer possibl

her. Nothing can be more brutal than for one to claim superiority, or more rude than for anothe

rce. The battle having been decided, victor and vanquished change parts. It pleases the conqueror to sign himself, "Your obedient servant," and to inquire w

ovidence has imposed upon him. Is not the motto of the true knight,

n. When relations which were established by force have been sanctioned by custom, and embodied in law, and sanctified by religion, they for

nt respect on the other. But all this sense of ordered righteousness is dependent on one condition. Neither must eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge that gr

When Hodge begins seriously to ponder this question his manners suffer. And when Sir Lionel begins to assert his superiority, i

e in the world, is largely explained by the fact that all sorts of superiorities have b

onalists swear by all the saints that, rather than submit, they will overt

a Catholic majority? The men of Ulster call upon the spirits of their heroic

political representation? No! They demand immediate recognition of the princip

be considered in a dignified way? No! They will not take their place i

for etiquette, we must have what we demand, and have it at once. We cannot stand still. If we are pushing, we are also pushed from behind. If you do not give us what we ask for, the