[Footnote: 15. great consideration. This paragraph has been censured for its too florid style. It may be rather gorgeous and rhetorical when considered as part of an argument, yet it is very characteristic of Burke as a writer. In no other passage of the speech is there such vivid clear-cut imagery. Note the picturesque quality of the lines and detect if you can any confusion in figures.] [Footnote: 16. It is good for us to be here. Burke's favorite books were Shakespeare, Milton, and the Bible. Trace the above sentence to one of these.] [Footnote: 17. "Facta parentun Jam legere et quae sit poteris cognoscere virtus." --VIRGIL'S Eclogues, IV., 26, 27] Notice the alteration. Already old enough to study the deeds of his father and to know what virtue is. [Footnote: 18. before you taste of death. Compare 16.] [Footnote: 19. Roman charity. This suggests the more famous "Ancient Roman honor" (Merchant of Venice, III., 11, 291). The incident referred to by Burke is told by several writers. A father condemned to death by starvation is visited in prison by his daughter, who secretly nourishes him with milk from her breasts.] [Footnote: 20. complexions. "Mislike me not for my COMPLEXION."--M. V. Is the word used in the same sense by Burke?] [Footnote: 21. the thunder of the state. What is the classical allusion?] [Footnote: 22. a nation is not governed. "Who overcomes By force hath overcome but half his foe" --Paradise Lost, 1, 648, 649.] [Footnote: 23. Our ancient indulgence. "The wise and salutary neglect," which Burke has just mentioned, was the result of (a) the struggle of Charles I. with Parliament, (b) the confusion and readjustment at the Restoration, (c) the Revolution of 1688, (d) the attitude of France in favoring the cause of the Stuarts, (e) the ascendency of the Whigs. England had her hands full in attending to affairs at home. As a result of this the colonies were practically their own masters in matters of government. Also the political party known as the Whigs had its origin shortly before William and Mary ascended the throne. This party favored the colonies and respected their ideas of liberty and government.] [Footnote: 24. great contests. One instance of this is Magna Charta. Suggest others.] [Footnote: 25. Freedom is to them Such keen analysis and subtle reasoning is characteristic of Burke It is this tendency that justifies some of his admirers in calling him "Philosopher Statesman". Consider his thought attentively and determine whether or not his argument is entirely sound. Is he correct in speaking of our Gothic ancestors?] [Footnote: 26. Abeunt studia in mores. Studies become a part of character.] [Footnote: 27. winged ministers of vengeance. A figure suggested perhaps by Horace, Odes, Bk. IV., 4: "Ministrum fulmims alitem"--the thunder's winged messenger.]