The first duty which is at this time imposed upon those who direct /
our affairs is to educate the democracy ; to warm its faith, if that be /
possible ; to purify its morals ; to direct its energies ; to substitute a
knowledge of business for its inexperience, and an acquaintance with
its true interests for its blind propensities ; to adapt its government to
time and place, and to modify it in compliance with the occurrences
and the actors of the age. \

A new science of politics is indispensable to a new world. \

This, however, is what we think of least ; launched in the middle of \
a rapid stream, we obstinately fix our eyes on the ruins which may still
be descried upon the shore we have left, while the current sweeps us
along, and drives us backward toward the gulf.
