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| "We have offended, Oh! my countrymen! |
| We have offended very grievously, |
| And been most tyrannous. From east to west |
| A groan of accusation pierces Heaven! |
| The wretched plead against us; multitudes, |
| Countless and vehement, the sons of God, |
| Our brethren!" |
| Coleridge. |
Reader, I beseech you not to throw down this volume as soon as you haveglanced at the title. Read it, if your prejudices will allow, for thevery truth's sake:—If I have the most trifling claims upon your goodwill, for an hour's amusement to yourself, or benefit to your children,read it for my sake:—Read it, if it be merely to find fresh occasionto sneer at the vulgarity of the cause:—Read it, from sheer curiosityto see what a woman (who had much better attend to her householdconcerns) will say upon such a subject:—Read it, on any terms, and mypurpose will be gained.
The subject I have chosen admits of no encomiums on my country; but as Igenerally make it an object to supply what is most needed, thiscircumstance is unimportant; the market is so glutted with flattery,that a little truth may be acceptable, were it only for its rarity.
I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I have undertaken; butthough I expect ridicule and censure, it is not in my nature to fearthem.
A few years hence, the opinion of the world will be a matter in which Ihave not even the most transient interest; but this book will be abroadon its mission of humanity, long after the hand that wrote it ismingling with the dust.
Should it be the means of advancing, even one single hour, theinevitable progress of truth and justice, I would not exchange theconsciousness for all Rothchild's wealth, or Sir Walter's fame.
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