Note 103 — Chapter XXII
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The eloquent words of Milton might have come into the thoughts of some of them when he says: “nihil esse in societate hominum magis vel Deo gratum, vel rationi consentaneum, esse in civitate nihil æquius, nihil utilius, quam potiri rerum dignissimum.” “In the coalition of human Society,” to use Johnson’s rendering, “nothing is more pleasing to God, or more agreeable to reason, than that the highest mind should have the sovereign power.”—Ed.