...established. It has often been remarked how weak and inconclusive are the well-known lines of Pope, " For forms of government let fools contest, That which is best administered is best" On the contrary there is some consolation in thinking that mal-administration is, in the long run,...

...what we have done. This indolent theory sometimes finds expression in Pope's oft-quoted lines, — " For forms of government let fools contest ; That which is best administered is best." As well say that it makes no difference what steam-engine the manufacturer purchases, or what ship...

...explain, where necessary, the allusions : — 1. A well of English undefiled. 2. Sweet swan of Avon. 3. For forms of government let fools contest, That which is best administered is best. 4. A tiling of beauty is a joy for ever. 5. A mighty maze but not without a plan. 6. Thy soul was like...

...roerben; uub menn man аиф nid;t in bie politifíe Ae|erei beá 3)idjter¿ ^ope einftimmen rooUte, „For forms of government let fools contest That, which is best administered, is the best" fo beftefie Ьоф ber fidjerfte SBeleg für ein guteé ^оиоегпе^ ment eben in ber...

...wise ones of the most rational and keen-sighted of old English men of the world, than these : — " For forms of government let fools contest ; That which is best administered is best." For, indeed, no form of government is of any use among bad men ; and any form will work in the hands...

...many wise ones of the most rational and keen-sighted of old English men of the world, than these : — "For forms of government let fools contest; That which is best administered is best." For, indeed, no form of government is of any use among bad men ; and any form will work in the hands...

...always the answer to it. Do I present these facts to you that I may deduce Pope's moral from them : "For forms of Government let fools contest, That which is best administered is best"? No ! That couplet like many others in the Essay on Man contains, it seems to me, a mixture of the poet's...

...many wise ones of the most rational and keen-sighted of old English men of the world, than these : — "For forms of government let fools contest; That which is best administered is best." For, indeed, no form of government is of any use among bad men ; and any form will work in the hands...

...of a change of personnel. The words of Alexander Pope in his immortal Essay on Man are pertinent : "For forms of government let fools contest; That which is best administered is best." The act has nothing whatever to do with raising revenue or conserving the present revenues of the state....

...that polity assumes, though their preference may incline them to one rather than another. They say: " For forms of government let fools contest, That which is best administered is best." In all our churches men of this sort are to be found. And there are, thirdly, those who believe in...