CHAPTER V.

TESTIMONY OF THE NATIONS 245

The Voice of England--Opinions of Mansfield--Locke--Pitt-- Fox--Shakspeare--Cowper--Milton--Johnson--Price--Blackstone-- Coke--Hampden--Harrington--Fortescue--Brougham--The Voice of Ireland--Opinions of Burke--Curran--Extract from the Dublin University Magazine for December, 1856--The Voice of Scotland-- Opinions of Beattie--Miller--Macknight--The Voice of France-- Opinions of Lafayette--Montesquieu--Louis X--Buffon--Rousseau-- Brissot--The Voice of Germany--Opinions of Grotius--Goethe-- Luther--Extract from the Letter of a living German writer to his Friends in this Country--The Voice of Italy--Opinions of Cicero--Lactantius--Leo X--The Voice of Greece--Opinions of Socrates--Aristotle--Polybius--Plato.