PREJUDICE, 45
From love of money, 51
Fear of trouble, 54
Love of power, 54
Interruption of pleasures of imagination, 55
General cause of prejudice, 57
Consequences of prejudice,
Intolerance, 61
Resists reform, 61
Persecutes, 62
Professional prejudice, 63
Duties of reformer, 79
1. Certainty that his opinion is right, 79
2. He considers cautiously, 81
3. Knowledge of obstacles, 81
4. He uses vantage ground to diffuse good, 83
5. He advances cautiously, 85
6. If necessary he encounters dangers, 85
7. He is content with the approbation of the
intelligent, 88
8. His attack varies with the opposition, 90
9. He waits patiently for the growth of the seed, 92
10. He is not irritated by opposition, 93
11. He is not deterred by defeat, 93
12. When successful he stands patiently, 94
13. He is aware of the depraving tendency of
The theory, 114
Relative comfort, 116
Confusion of ideas, 121
Ignorance of common things, 122
Laughter from depression of superiority, 125
From expected intelligence, 127
In public assemblies, 128
House of Commons, 129
Courts of justice, 129
Churches, 130
He does not deny his governors their due praise, 185
He as a father views the people, and resists dema-
gogues, 186
The demagogue appeals to ignorance, and is surrounded
by a multitude, 188
The patriot appeals to intellect, 189
He promotes a masculine spirit in the people, 191
He is not deterred by public censure, 191
His plans are not subservient to reward or title, 194
He refuses preferment if it interfere with public good,
11. He relies with confidence upon the power of
industry and integrity, 255
12. He considers how his profession may tend to
warp his mind, 256
13. He is cautious that the indiscriminate defence
of right and wrong does not lower his high
sentiments, or weaken his love of truth, 257
14. He does not suffer himself to be inflated by
imaginary importance, 258
15. Particularly if he rises from an obscure situa-
tion, 259
16. He does not form an improper estimate of the
nature of power, 259
17. He is vigilant, that his profession may not
contract his mind, 260
18. He does not imagine that knowledge is centred
in the law, 260
19. His attention to forms does not make him un-
mindful of substance, 261
20. He does not suppose that all men are under
the influence of bad passions, 262
His duty to his Client, 262
1. He considers the principles upon which his
profession is founded, 263
2. And the reasons in favour and in opposition
to it, 265
3. Understanding the principle he enters on his
duties, 267
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