Note: Presentation copy from the author.Įlements of general history, ancient and modern. Plan and outlines of a course of lectures on universal history, ancient and modern, delivered in the University of Edinburgh. but it is not.Ĭlarifying a bit more, the earliest published works of Tytler that we have are: (which we DO have) has been checked on the off-chance that The decline and fall might have been a chapter title. Locally, the chapters of Tytler's General history. However, this title is not in our Library holdings, nor does it appear in the stocks of the other major research libraries in the UK (according to the 'union' catalogue COPAC). Was it in The decline and fall of the Athenian Republic?Įdinburgh University Library occasionally receives enquiries, particularly from North America, about this particular work. I've heard of a quotation by Alexander Fraser Tytler about the lifespan of democracy. Tytler, Alexander Fraser (Lord Woodhouselee)ĭo you have in print or electronic form something called The decline and fall of the Athenian Republic (1776) by a supposed Edinburgh University History Professor Alexander Fraser Tytler (Lord Woodhouselee)? I did check on Edinburgh web site and found the following.įrom the of Edinburgh web site inquiries. This is one of the reasons that people like Hillary Clinton and her crusade to abolish the Electoral College scare me so much. We have allowed individuals who have no concept of our Constitution or our history to vote and they typically vote for whoever gives them the most. They have instituted a nation without borders, have trampled upon the Bill or Rights, they embrace decadence, greed, envy, corruption and we all look the other way. Our esteemed leaders (like internal parasites) have progressively stripped this nation of its soul. We equate "Freedom" with government entitlements.
I hate to say it but the United States is in the beginning stage of collapse. Can there be any doubt we are in the next to the last stage of this cycle.
And the people flock to them like moths to a flame. I have also listened to Obama and Hillary promising the government will provide literally everything to the people of this country, from a government subsidized (or a least mandated) mortgage taylored to allow them to stay in their homes, to universal healthcare they believe it is our moral obligation (and in some instances a constitutional right) to provide, to an affordable college education for everyone, and tax benefits provided only to companies and individuals who play by their version of fairness. I have thought about this quote for a considerable length of time. It matters not who said it, the fact is, we need only look back from the mid 1700's up to the present to see the truth it expresses and the general direction this once great neation is heading. What is evident in many news writings these days is the scramble by politicians to raid the treasury to buy votes by promising all kinds of benefits to all sectors of society. It doesn't matter who said it, it's wonderful food for thought. I think we are in the complacency to apathy stage. I'm Scared for the future of this great Country. The process has started, and it has gone to the fifth stage: "from abundance to selfishness." Can someone please wake up to the truth! May He help us reverse the process! Why would you presume to find them at the University of Michigan or The Library of Congress? Try the University of Edinburgh Library or the National Library of Scotland.
and no one said the quote came from a book, only that it came from his discourse on the Fall of the Athenian Republic. even though most people have been miseducated by socialists.Īs for snopes calling the quote questionable, Lord Woodhouselee's manuscripts, collections, notes, etc. Thankfully the US is a REPRESENTATIONAL REPUBLIC and not a Democracy. Brandon Hanna, Farmington Hills, Michigan Įxcellent quote. I definitely agree with the writer and I, unfortunately, see it happening even today in the U.S. Reader comments about this quote: I love this quote.