...country as a whole. Goldsmith wrote the following lines on Burke: "Who born for the universe narrowd his mind And to party gave up what was meant for mankind." The party system helps the rise of cliques and caucuses. Party organisation is a huge affair and people...

...(1772-1834) Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. - William Cowper Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. - Samuel Johnson on Edmund Burke Nature, that fram'd us of four elements Warring within our breasts...

...reflect on the loss of such an intellectual feast, regret that he should be characterised as the man, Who born for the universe narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind? My revered friend walked down with me to the beach, where we embraced and parted with tenderness, and...