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Excerpt from Observations on a Pamphlet, Entitled, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents The multitude, whofe judgments are more elpecially in matters of govern: ment, directed by the warm impulfe of prefent injury, are too apt, in the fcale of comparifon, to regard pail evils with an eye of partial complacency. The offences of a prefent pofteftor of power throw a favourable {bade over the equal ly atrocious crimes of his defigning pre decefi'ors. The grievances attending his government, which are but the bitter confequences, or rather the fruits of feeds fown by his ancel'tors, are regarded as fpringing immediately from the partien lar policy of his adminiliration; and thus, the caul'es of political evils being never traced up to their fources, it is not fur prizing that the generality of mankind are fo unfortunately divided in their. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.