the multitude⁠—which guide by an insensible but an omnipotent influence the associations of its subjects. Its essence is strong with the strength of modern simplicity; its exterior is august with the Gothic grandeur of a more imposing age. Its simple essence may, mutatis mutandis, be transplanted to many very various countries, but its august outside⁠—what most men think it is⁠—is narrowly confined to nations with an analogous history and similar political materials.