...right to put an excise upon genius. " Wit, my lords," said he finely, " is the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have...we, my lords, have a dependence of another kind." This pointed remonstrance was unavailing. The bill passed; and in the following year Chetwynd was appointed...

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...definition and an apt illustration: " WjJ, my Lords, is a sort of property — the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on. It is indeed a precarious dependence. We, my Lords, thank God, have a dependence of another kind." The game was...