English Art In 1884 Classic Reprint

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ISBN 13 : 9781397209450
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Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, 1884, Vol. 58 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, 1884, Vol. 58 When the principle is once established that the employment of certain corporate funds is to be regulated exclusively by considerations of utility, the defence of ceremonies and banquets becomes untenable. Schools and hospitals are Obviously more useful than City dinners yet the inference that there ought to be no more cakes and'ale is perhaps not exhaustively true. The security of more important institu tions may rest on firmer grounds but it also depends largely on the instinct or habit of letting things alone. The theory that Parliament is the sole judge Of the expediency of main taining any kind Of right is essentially modern. The pre cedent of the appropriation to novel purposes Of the estates of the monasteries was founded on the assumption that the property had been dedicated to superstitious uses. The Commissioners probably took an unnecessary pre caution when they recommended that a short Act Should be immediately passed to restrain the Companies from alienation of their property. There could be no question of any such proceeding on the part of such Companies as the Mercers, the Goldsmiths, and the Fishmongers; and pro bably even the smallest Guilds would decline to follow the example of the members of Serjeants' Inn. A division made once for all of the property which a corporate body has accumulated during hundreds of years is not even an approximate fulfilment of a legal or moral trust. In some-cases the leading members of the Companies will perhaps be willing to concur with any Commission which may be appointed in promoting judicious schemes for the future application of the funds. It may be hoped that there will be no capricious attempt to deprive the governing bodies of the right and duty Of administering funds which they avowedly hold as trustees. The most important function which the Companies have discharged has been to create and to cultivate a local patriotism which is probably not to be found in equal force in any other English com munity. The liverymen and other members of the Com panics have been proud of their traditional dignity and Of their connexion with the great -city Corporation. There is no reason for meddling unnecessarily with names and titles, even when they are no longer associated with Substantial advantages. It is useless to struggle against fate, especially when it assumes the form Of a Parliamentary majority backed by general Opinion. It can only be said that the abolition of the Companies will not be an unmixed good. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.