Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke

294 Pages·2013·11.728 MB·English

by  Harvey C. Mansfield

The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
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All rights reserved. Published 2013.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mansfield, Harvey C.
Statesmanship and Party Government : a study of Burke and
Bolingbroke / Harvey C. Mansfield.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn-13: 978-0-226-02217-8 (paperback : alk. paper)
isbn-10: 0-226-02217-x (paperback : alk. paper)
1. Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678–1751. 2. Burke,
Edmund 1729–1797. 3. Great Britain—Politics and government—18th
century i. Title
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This paper meets the requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992
(Permanence of Paper).
To my father and mother

My thanks are due first of all to Professor Samuel Beer of Harvard
University, who has guided my interest in Britain and in political parties
ever since he first aroused it. Professor William Y. Elliott, formerly of
Harvard and now of American University, helped this book with his
unpitying criticism and, in general, has shown me what courage of the
intellect demands. Professor Leo Strauss of the University of Chicago
gently and powerfully suggested many of the arguments in this book.
My father has always set my standard for the political scientist, and he
has lent much more than his name to this undertaking. It is my good for-
tune to be formed by his unobtrusive education.
For help with the manuscript I am greatly indebted to David Lowen-
thal, Roger C. Moulton, and Joseph Cropsey; and for help with typing, to
Mrs. Joan Erdman.
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"All acting in Corps tends to reduce the consideration of an indi-
vidual who is of any distinguished Value"
BURKE, Letter to Shackleton, May 25, 1779
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
BURKE, "Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents."
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