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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 - Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852
FORCED BENEFITS. MONSIEUR JEROME AND THE RUSSIAN PRINCESS. MEMOIRS OF LORD JEFFREY. THE MOONLIGHT RIDE. THE GOLD-FEVER IN AUSTRALIA. BURGOMASTER LAW IN PRUSSIA. TRACES OF THE DANES AND NORWEGIANS IN ENGLAND. CHILDREN OF PRISONS. JUPITER, AN EVENING STAR. GRATUITOUS SERVICES. The maxim, that men may safely be left to seek their own interest, and are sure to find it, appears to require some slight qualification, for nothing can be more certain, than that men are often the better of things which have been forced upon them. Those who advocate the idea in its rigour, forget that there are such things as ignorance and prejudice in the world, and that most men only become or continue actively industrious under the pressure of necessity. The vast advantages derived from railway communication afford a ready instance of people being benefited against their will. At the bare proposal to run a line through their lands, many proprietors were thrown into a frenzy of antagonism; and whole towns petitioned that they might not be contaminated with the odious thing. In spite of remonstrances, and at a vast cost, railways were made; and we should like to know where opponents are now to be found. Demented land-proprietors are come to their senses; and even recalcitrant Oxford is glad of a line to itself. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 18775
Author: Various
Release Date: Jul 7, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English
Editor: Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 , Chambers, William, 1800-1883
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