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 of the opposition to the French Revolution. It has been said of him that he saturated politics with thought, and that his writings are distinguished for their profound, permanent, fruitful, philosophical truth." Our great ruler of India was Lord Wellesley, an Irishman, while his brother, the Duke of Wellington, ruled India, vanquished Napoleon, and governed England. With him ended a great period of concentration in Britain. Since his last ministry, Britain has entered upon a period of political and social expansion. For the last fifty, if not one hundred years, the Celts have been increasing in number, influence, and power. I have pointed out already that the Celtic admixture in England is strongest in the North and West, and amongst the now enfranchised labouring population in the Midlands and South-east of England. The population, industry, and initiative are in the north and west, and now political power has been transferred to the toiling and labouring masses of the four peoples within this kingdom. The great movements for political freedom and franchise have come from the Celts and the