Note 267 — SENTIMENTAL BIOGRAPHY.

Mr. Anderson, the writer of the first volume, was a feudal enthusiast; he has thrown out an odd notion that the commercial, or the wealthy class, had intruded on the dignity of the ancient nobility; but as wealth has raised such high prices for labour, commodities, &c., it had reached its ne plus ultra, and commerce could be carried on no longer! He has ventured on this amusing prediction, “As it is therefore evident that new men will never rise again in any age with such advantages of wealth, at least in considerable numbers, their party will gradually decrease.”