But Sèvres plates and all other ’objects’ are of small interest in comparison with the great events that hang as great thick clouds in the heaven around us, yet tipped with broad gleams of light.
Morley reflects on the insignificance of material objects compared to significant historical events.
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But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.
What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.
Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.
But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.
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