Parallels Between The Constitution And Constitutional History Of England And Hungary Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Parallels Between the Constitution and Constitutional History of England and Hungary It behoves Englishmen to remember, always, whence that inheritance of freedom which they now enjoy is sprung; that it is not a thing of yesterday; that it has been handed down through many generations and many centuries; that it has stood the test of deep-eating time, and braved, and been only proved of the more inestimable value by, all changes of fashion, and all advances of material civilization. It behoves them to consider well that an inheritance such as this must have some solid foundations something whose root lies at the very essence of human nature in its higher and nobler development. It behoves them well to seek what those foundations are and, if they would hand down to their children, sound and whole, the inheritance which they have received, to take care that no blow is, under any pretext, successfully aimed at those foundations; but that all the arrangements which the events of the passing time may need, shall be made upon the basis of those foundations, and with strictest care to maintain those foundations unimpaired.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Hungary: Its Constitution and Its Catastrophe Ancient Constitution; at another, for the laws of 1848 and the legitimate King Ferdinand V.; at another, that they were ani mated with the spirit of the Social and Democratic Republic; and at last, that the contest was exclusively against the House of hapsburg-lorraine. It is not' very difficult to perceive the inconsistency of such Opposite statements; but it is not easy to understand how utterly irreconcileable the first and most plausible assertion was with the facts of the case, Without some acquaintance with - the Ancient Hungarian Constitution, which was perhaps more peculiar in itself, and more curiously interest ing than its elder sister, the far-famed British constitution - that standing enigma to centralist statesmen. Such an assertion was specially adapted to conciliate the sympathies of England; and it might have prevailed in the absence of more complete informa tion, had not the striking fact of the party of the Mountain, in the French Chamber, supporting heartilythe cause of the Hun garian insurrection, been calculated to awaken suspicmn. N 0 order of things was ever more at variance with the principles of the Social and Democratic Republic than the Ancient Consti tution of Hungary. It is therefore excusable for those who are interested in the progress of rational freedom, to. Make inquiry before they pass judgment in this matter and if the result of such 1nqu1ry should have led them to conclusions at variance with many notions in circulation on the subject, to make such conclusions known, that the truth of them may be more generally appreciated if they are correct, or the error, if they be erroneous, refuted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Principles of English Constitutional History College, Oxford, who very kindly read part of the book in manuscript and to my father, who has given great assistance in proof-reading. To my husband I am indebted for much valuable and suggestive criticism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The English Constitution, and Other Political Essays There is a great difficulty in the way of a writer who attempts to sketch a living Constitution - a Constitution that is in actual work and power. The difficulty is that the object i in constant change. An historical writer does not feel this difficulty: he deals only with the past; he can say definitely, the Constitution worked in such and such a manner in the year at which he begins, and in a manner in such and such respects different in the year at which he ends; he begins with a definite point of time and ends with one also. But a. Contemporary writer who tries to paint what is before him is puzzled and perplexed; what he sees is changing daily. He must paint it as it stood at some one time, or else he will be putting side by side in his representations things which never were con temporaneous in reality. The difficulty is the greater because a writer who deals with a living governmentviii introduction TO the second edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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