Butthatvastportion,lastly,oftheworkingclasswhich,rawandhalfdeveloped,haslonglainhalf—hiddenamidstitspovertyandsqualor,andisnowissuingfromitshiding—placetoassertanEnglishman’sheaven—bornprivilegeofdoingashelikes,andisbeginningtoperplexusbymarchingwhereitlikes,meetingwhereitlikes,bawlingwhatitlikes,breakingwhatitlikes,——tothisvastresiduumwemaywithgreatproprietygivethenameofPopulace。
10Thuswehavegotthreedistinctterms,Barbarians,Philistines,Populace,todenoteroughlythethreegreatclassesintowhichoursocietyisdivided;andthoughthishumbleattemptatascientificnomenclaturefalls,nodoubt,veryfarshortinprecisionofwhatmightberequiredfromawriterequippedwithacompleteandcoherentphilosophy,yet,fromanotoriouslyunsystematicandunpretendingwriter,itwill,Itrust,beacceptedassufficient。
11Butinusingthisnew,and,Ihope,convenientdivisionofEnglishsociety,twothingsaretobeborneinmind。Thefirstis,thatsince,underallourclassdivisions,thereisacommonbasisofhumannature,therefore,ineveryoneofus,whetherwebeproperlyBarbarians,Philistines,orPopulace,thereexists,sometimesonlyingermandpotentially,sometimesmoreorlessdeveloped,thesametendenciesandpassionswhichhavemadeourfellow—citizensofotherclasseswhattheyare。Thisconsiderationisveryimportant,becauseithasgreatinfluenceinbegettingthatspiritofindulgencewhichisanecessarypartofsweetness,andwhich,indeed,whenourcultureiscomplete,is,asIhavesaid,inexhaustible。
Thus,anEnglishBarbarianwhoexamineshimselfwill,ingeneral,findhimselftobenotsoentirelyaBarbarianbutthathehasinhim,also,somethingofthePhilistine,andevensomethingofthePopulaceaswell。
AndthesamewithEnglishmenofthetwootherclasses。