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    Poets themselves must fall , like those they sung * , Deaf the pleased ear , and hush'd the tuneful tongue ; E ' en he whose soul now melts in mournful lays Shall shortly want the generous tear he pays . * Yet shall it not be said , that in vain the servants of Christ , for your sake , laboured in their generation , and when " the shadows came /* rested , like the pilgrim on the top of his staff , looking-for the reward of

    their work . The valley still smiles in the peace and beauty of its " green pastures , " though the water thereof , which caused its fertility , faileth , and the flood decayeth and drieth up . So may the servant of his Lord pass away on the tide of oblivion , and the place that hath known him , not know him any more , yet may the good which he has done remain ; yet may the word which he has preached grow to a fair harvest , * and the " seed cast upon the waters be found after many days . "

    s And now , brethren , it only remains that I pronounce one more sentence , venerable from its antiquity , sacred by its apostolic authority , and expressing my sentiments towards every individual of my flock—4 C My love be with you all , in Christ Jesus . Amen . " *

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    POLITICAL ECONOMY AND LEGISLATION .

    Illustrations of Political Economy . No . I . Life in the Wilds . A Tale . By Harriet Martineau , 12 mo ., Is . 6 d . If an acquaintance with political economy be of importance , —and we would refer any who are sceptical on this point to the article on Cooper ' s lectures in our last number , —it should follow , that it is desirable to extend such acquaintance as widely as possible through the

    great mass of society . Not only the blunders of legislators , but those of merchants and manufacturers , —and not only those of the capitalist , but of the operatives also , —produce mischievous results tinder which the community suffers ; and suffers the more from its ignorance ( often with a persuasion of its knowledge ) of the cause and the remedy . If political economy be a science at all , it oug'ht to be a popular science . It should be understood by those whose interests are to be promoted ,

    and their conduct guided , by the application of its principles . Treatises upon this subject have hitherto been anything but popular and attractive . Some , and those perhaps amongst the soundest , have been positively repulsive . This may not much matter to men , the chief object of whose life is to study ; but it does matter much to men , the chief object of whose study is to live . Between them and the masters of the science some intermediate agency is required , —the interposition of one who can bring truth down from the clouds , and by simplification , illustration ,

    and example , render palpable the meaning and evidence of propositions , which were obscure to the many in their general and scientific enunciation . The time is come , and the need is felt , for this interposition . The author of the little volume before us has undertaken the office . Miss Martineau , who is a disciple of Mill , proposes to become an evangelist of his doctrines , and teach them to tt \ e people in parables framed Hot to veil , but to illustrate the truths which they convey . We need

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    1 B& Critical Notices . —Political Economy and Legislation .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1832, page 136, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1806/page/64/