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Excerpt from The Monthly Magazine, or British Register of Literature, Sciences and the Belles-Lettres, Vol. 2: July to December, 1826 Where all have a common interest, as every member of a particqcommunity must be allowed to have, and the numbers too great to assemble, representation is the natural dictate of common sense but equally is it the dictate of that same common sense, that every member have the right of naming representatives. With a population of eighteen millions, and six hundred representatives, one wxll represent thirty thousand. He may represent more or less - more in country districts than in towns; the particular ratio is a matter of indifference. Fix what ratio you please, there will be no keeping to it with any continued accuracy. If, by the process of gradual changes, one man comes to represent forty thousand, and another only twenty thousand, no great harm is done'; but when one man represents but a dozen or two, or only himself, or his patron, and another a hundred thousand, the gross inequality is in itself an evil, and involves more evils than can readily be calculated. 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.