andeven，ifthereshallnotworseswiftlyfollow，tobeimminent。Outlinesofthefutureedificepaintthemselvesagainsttheskytomenthatstillhaveasky，andareabovethemiserableLondonfogsofthehour；nobleelementsofnewStateArchitecture，foreshadowsofanewDowningStreetfortheNewErathatiscome。Thesewithpioushopeallmencansee；anditisgoodthatallmen，withwhateverfacultytheyhave，wereearnestlylookingthitherward；——tryingtogetabovethefogs，thattheymightlookthitherward！
AmongpracticalmentheideaprevailsthatGovernmentcandonothingbut“keepthepeace。“Theysayallhighertasksareunsafeforit，impossibleforit，——andinfinenotnecessaryforitorforus。OnthisfootingaveryfeebleDowningStreetmightservetheturn！——IamwellawarethatGovernment，foralongtimepast，hastakeninhandnootherpublictask，andhasprofessedtohavenoother，butthatofkeepingthepeace。Thispublictask，andtheprivateoneofascertainingwhetherDickorJackwastodoit，haveamplyfilledthecapabilitiesofGovernmentforseveralgenerationsnow。Hardtasksboth，itwouldappear。
Inaccomplishingthefirst，forexample，havenotheaven-bornChancellorsoftheExchequerhadtoshearusverybare；andtoleaveanoverplusofDebt，oroffleecesshorn_before_theyaregrown，justlyesteemedamongthewondersoftheworld？Notafirst-ratekeepingofthepeace，this，webegintosurmise！Atleastitseemsstrangetous。
Forwe，andtheoverwhelmingmajorityofallouracquaintances，inthisParishandNationandtheadjacentParishesandNations，areprofoundlyconscioustoourselvesofbeingbynaturepeaceablepersons；followingournecessaryindustries；withoutwish，interestorfaintestintentiontocuttheskinofanymortal，tobreakfeloniouslyintohisindustrialpremises，ordoanyinjusticetohimatall。Becauseindeed，independentofGovernment，thereisathingcalledconscience，andwedarenot。
Sothatitcannotbutappeartous，“thepeace，“underdexterousmanagement，mightbeverymuchmoreeasilykept，yourLordship；