The subsequent life of Wilkes does not concern us, it was no better than it had been in'his youth, but he had crystallized public opinion in vehe~ ment denial of that tyranny which was, being equally applied in Enj land'as in America, He commenced the work which the famous Junius took up in the letters which are outstanding feature of British polemic writing, and he again with Pitt ted that strong English opinion which was opposed to the policies of the British Court which eventually caused the British colonists to rise North America. and throw off a yoke which badly galled their shoulders.
Had Witkes been a better man and George 9 worse, another king might have been forced to flee the coun try when the War of Independence might never have taken place. So often we find good causes champion ed by bad men throughout history that Wilkes can hardly be anything of an exception, but if the people of England had risen against tyranny of the Jackboot, as they did against Charles T and James 11 the history of the world might have been very different indeed from what it has' ultimately become, All the beauty, brilliance and clarity of the original rendition and all the volume, too
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