The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03

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his throng Of clients compelled Penn to rem, Ilo-
land House. tho residence belonging to the Earl
| OF Warwick and he led a very expensive life
keeping coach-and four. and INDUCING in other
| extravngancos.
| Tho relations Of Penn TO Pennsyiv ana arc too
! familiar 10 need even tho most cursory mention.
II In what this book tells about the mon. rather
! than the colonizor to which We confnc ourselves
! Mr. Bishop points out that his lberality was
developed at the expense OF many practical quail
| ties. He was not Iuo Judge Of the persons
by whom he surrounded. He could arouse
| people TO enthusiasm for his great ideas. but he
had not tho corresponding power Of carrying
! those ideas into practical effect. when himself
| living in his colony, he managed II well. but.
| when away from II, he managed II very badly.
lie far In al vance OF his time In oil things
| that he continually suffered defeats which a
! shrewder man like Franklin would have avoided
| by being more moderate. Our author deems
! IL great misfortune for Penn that in his religious
! and political writings he lacked the faculty of
! lucid and concise expression When he hnp.
| pcned 10 have a good thought. he usually lost
| il in a tanglc Of words and parcnthescs. He
did no, train himself a, all In writing and would
have probably despiscd anything of the kind as
! overncc "'ro BE- nice" he says, in his maxms.
.
/ 'ts not only troublesome, but a slavish thirg"
| The bent OF his mind was altogether away from
! the minute details which produce literary excel.
ieWe' WI f'Sh't mas iouhu " urcary business
10 a'E ou' MS opinions rom ms huli ana pfohk
nisqus'uohS " is' Al 'he same Tune ncknowi'
| eugcu mat wen CIRCUMSTANCES compelled Penn
! !" DC o"h'ise MS style brcamc greatly improved,
ana ne sHiu 'hihRs WhIch arc oi value Tor the why
| IN WHICH 'heS arc put mus In drai'ihg The
lnrlt ia fnr 1t d.
ne hhd 10 ne ofiei' ana some OF his statenents
! OF p'ih'IpIe are SIM quoted Tor their apincss:
ihete IL nntdiF one frame oi government IN tho
world so Ill designed by its founders that, in good
h"nuS' "ou'n ho' 90 wen enough his may
nave suggested I" rope we idniI'Iar dis'ich:
For forms o, government 1t fools contcst;
what's beat almini.ter Ia lest
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We p''' ''e'' ",''" ''"'' ''' No' and phzzic'
s"a'h anu ION" 'n'n' WIN "of"s ana rules TO
NM" E'n"'n", M" 'le'''''nh"a strange tongue
" "o'', '"','S 'he'' "a'u'" oeh' 10 mecnhncai.
pns"'n' anu hn'ut"' kh"M'dEe uncnltiva'ed
anu nrs'eo'en' WINCH '"'h'h'cd' would be OF
eAeec"'ns use ana pressure 10 'hem IN Tie whole
ooui~ VI 'he" NE onco more 10 De sure
,"hs uaso' orc NOV !" 10 aespl'en nor neglected
p"' ","V' orc sun W DO preferred Ihiidren
ma ra'het DC MAKING OF TOOLS ana instruments
OF pihy' Shaping drawing framing and build
IMAM ge'uhg some rules of proprie'y OF speech
py hear' 10 RUE OF conduc imputed to the
Jesn''s' nc mus nhvers' TO do evil that good
may come rom MS Tor bungicrs In politics as well
AZ morals In letter to william Popple. he
propoundrd another excellent maxim: I'VE can
never be tho better for our religion II our neigh
So much for the conciscneas NJ which Penn
WINS occasionally capable. As to his CONVERSE
non' th's' according to Bishop Burnet, was even
more verbose and cumbersome than the mass
oil hts political writings "lie was a vain, talking
man lie had such an opinion OF his own faculty
Ot persuasion that he thought nOne could stand