But disturbances were preparing for his old age from a new quarter, from whence they were less expected and less tolerable,--from the Normans, his companions in victory, and from his family, which he found not less difficulty in governing than his kingdom.
Burke warns of unexpected disturbances in William's later years from both Normans and his own family.
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I would not exclude alteration neither; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve.
The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.
They come from one who has been no tool of power, no flatterer of greatness, and who in his last acts does not wish to belie the tenor of his life.
They will become flatterers instead of legislators,--the instruments, not the guides of the people.
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