By his direction lectures were instituted
at the corner of every street, to instil the right principles of
politics into the mind of the great body of the people. Every person,
from the Managers of the Statue down to the chalk-chewing mechanics,
attended lectures on Flummery-Flammism. The Vraibleusians suddenly
discovered that it was the great object of a nation not to be the most
powerful, or the richest, or the best, or the wisest, but to be the most
Flummery-Flammistical.
CHAPTER 18
The day fixed for Popanilla's trial was at hand. The Prince was not
unprepared for the meeting. For some weeks before the appointed day he
had been deeply studying the published speeches of the greatest
rhetorician that flourished at the Vraibleusian bar. He was so inflated
with their style that he nearly blew down the gaoler every morning when
he rehearsed a passage before him. Indeed, Popanilla looked forward to
his trial with feelings of anticipated triumph. He determined boldly
and fearlessly to state the principles upon which his public conduct had
been founded, the sentiments he professed on most of the important
subjects which interest mankind, and the views he entertained of the
progress of society.
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