PLATT'S ESSAYS. VOL. I. BUSINESS-MONEY-ECONOMY. BY JAMES PLATT, AUTHOR OF "LIFE,” “MORALITY," AND "PROGRESS." "If I might give a short bint to an impartial writer, it would be to tell him his fate. If he resolves to venture upon the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth, let him proclaim war with mankind-neither to give nor take quarter. If he tells the crimes of great men, they fall upon him with the iron hands of the law; if he tells them of virtue, when they have any, then the mob attacks him with slander; but, if he regards truth, let him expect martyrdom on both sides, and then he may go on fearless."-DE FOE. |