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HEADLONG HALL.

Mr. Escot.

By what right do they so?

Mr. Jenkison.

By the right of all property and all possession: le droit du plus fort.

Mr. Escot.

Do you justify that principle?

Mr. Jenkison.

I neither justify nor condemn it. It is practically recognised in all societies; and though it is certainly the source of enormous evil, I conceive it is also the source of abundant good, or it would not have so many supporters.

Mr. Escot.

That is by no means a consequence. Do we not every day see men supporting the most enormous evils, which they know to be so with respect to others, and which in reality