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Oh-oh! Is somebody off his meds?


"Irving C Saltzberg" <IrvingCSaltzberg@nospam.nul> wrote in message 
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> see society in the process of formation. Men will
> doubtless fight till the stronger party overcomes the weaker, and a 
> dominant
> party is established. But when this is once determined, the masters, who 
> do
> not desire the continuation of strife, then decree that the power which is
> in their hands shall be transmitted as they please. Some place it in
> election by the people, others in hereditary succession, etc.
>
> And this is the point where imagination begins to play its part. Till now
> power makes fact; now power is sustained by imagination in a certain 
> party,
> in France in the nobility, in Switzerland in the burgesses, etc.
>
> These cords which bind the respect of men to such and such an individual 
> are
> therefore the cords of imagination.
>
> 305. The Swiss are offended by being called gentlemen, and prove 
> themselves
> true plebeians in order to be thought worthy of great office.
>
> 306. As duchies, kingships, and magistracies are real and necessary, 
> because
> might rules all, they exist everywhere and always. But since only caprice
> makes such and such a one a ruler, the principle is not constant, but
> subject to variation, etc.
>
> 307. The chancellor is grave and clothed with ornaments, for his position 
> is
> unreal. Not so the king; he has power and has nothing to do with the
> imagination. Judges, physicians, etc., appeal only to the imagination.
>
> 308. The habit of seeing kings accompanied by guards, drums, officers, and
> all the paraphernalia which mechanically inspire respect and awe, makes
> their countenance
>
>