All these invectives are perpetual and many-sided; they come from philosophers, each of whom wants some new scheme tried; from philanthropists, who want some evil abated; from revolutionists, who want some old institution destroyed; from new aeraists, who want their new aera started forthwith.
He notes that various groups express dissatisfaction with the current pace of action and seek immediate change.
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But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.
No doubt this momentary gain is bought at a ruinous after-cost.
That a House of Commons may work well it must perform, as we saw, five functions well: it must elect a Ministry well, legislate well, teach the nation well, express the nation's will well, bring matters to the nation's attention well.
The work would be done so well that we should not want any one to look over or revise it.
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