Notwithstanding his unwearied pains in the work of spoliation, some precious fragments are left, which we ought infinitely to value,--by which we may learn, and lament, the loss of what he has destroyed.
Burke reflects on the remnants of valuable knowledge that remain despite efforts to erase history, urging their preservation.
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But the king of Great Britain obeys no other person; all other persons are individually, and collectively too, under him, and owe to him a legal obedience.
Governments must be abused and deranged indeed, before it can be thought of; and the prospect of the future must be as bad as the experience of the past.
They have little regard to the obvious consequences of their doctrine, though they may see that it leaves positive authority in very few of the positive institutions of this country.
By adhering in this manner and on those principles to our forefathers, we are guided, not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophic analogy.
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