All The Blocks! or, An Antidote to "All The Talents." Satirical Poem. In Three Dialogues. By Flagellum [i.e. S. W. H. Ireland] |
TO ALL THE TALENTS |
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TO ALL THE TALENTS
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Notwithstanding the affirmation of Polypus, I have thought
fit to inscribe the ensuing pages to you, since in opposition to the author
of The Talents I do conceive that I may accomplish my dedication without
being branded with the opprobrious stigma of flattery,
With respect to impressing into my service an high sounding title, in order to usher my production into publicity, I cannot (should such a requisite be essential) have made a selection more appropriate than the above, wherein concentrates every attribute calculated to awaken the love and veneration of the truly enlightened understanding.
Sapiens dominabitur astris.As truth however is uniformly the best criterion to ensure success, I shall have recourse to that most sterling ingredient in order to validate my position, which goes to prove that you were justly entitled to the appellation of The Talents, which has been most invidiously applied to you by Polypus as a term of ridicule.
It has been uniformly allowed, that peace is the surest bulwark of the prosperity of a country, and the first operations of your
It is to your labours that we are also indebted for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, a detestable traffic which was as repulsive to common feeling, as it was subversive of the laws of nature and of heaven; and from the general tenor of your proceedings was also to be discerned the most scrupulous attention to the existing burthens imposed on the community at large, by a due caution in regard to every measure
Such are a few of the points on which I have grounded my affirmation, that you were entitled to
though unknown
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