Memorial, Vol. 8

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Excerpt from Memorial, Vol. 8: Edition of Collected Works of W. J FoxOpinion necessarily changes with the accumulation Of knowledge, and therefore in a country possessing a press, and in some degree freedom, it changes with the mere lapse Of time and ceremony, to have meaning and propriety and power, must accommodate itself to the existing state of Opinion at the time when it is employed. But ceremony is not only liable to be affected by that becoming absurd at one time which was at a former period impressive, in consequence Of the growth of Opinion - it is not only ever acted on by intelligence - but there is in ceremony itself a tendency to deterioration. Such is the course which it has always held, and of which traces abound in every portion of human history. Its annals are plainly written. The progress Of ceremony may be chronicled like any series Of events in natural history. It goes on in a course that may be marked out as easily and distinctly as the striking root of the acorn in the ground.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.