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Itisindeedscarcelypossibleforanyperson，notwellacquaintedwiththehistoryandliteratureofItaly，toreadwithouthorrorandamazementthecelebratedtreatisewhichhasbroughtsomuchobloquyonthenameofMachiavelli。Suchadisplayofwickedness，nakedyetnotashamed，suchcool，judicious，scientificatrocity，seemedrathertobelongtoafiendthantothemostdepravedofmen。Principleswhichthemosthardenedruffianwouldscarcelyhinttohismosttrustedaccomplice，oravow，withoutthedisguiseofsomepalliatingsophism，eventohisownmind，areprofessedwithouttheslightestcircumlocution，andassumedasthefundamentalaxiomsofallpoliticalscience。