Mayne and Mr.
Chapman. The widespread and irreparable mischiefs wrought by these
men still affect disastrously many an unfortunate household; and the
execration by the weaker in the community of their memory,
particularly that of Robert Dawson Mayne, is only a fitting
retribution for their abuse of power.
NOTES
85. *A West Indian official superstition professes to believe that a
British barrister must make an exceptionally good colonial S.J.P.,
seeing that he is ignorant of everything, save general English law,
that would qualify him for the post! In this, to acquit oneself
tolerably, some acquaintance with the language, customs, and habits
of thought of the population is everywhere else held to be of prime
importance,--native conscientiousness and honesty of purpose being
definitively presupposed.
BOOK III: SOCIAL REVOLUTION
[113] Never was the Knight of La Mancha more convinced of his
imaginary mission to redress the wrongs of the world than Mr. James
Anthony Froude seems to be of his ability to alter the course of
events, especially those bearing on the destinies of the Negro in the
British West Indies.
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