Excerpt from Lords Lyndhurst, Brougham, and Local Courts: Reprinted From Blackwoods's Magazine, With Corrections and Additions Lord Brougham has contrived to make himself, per haps, the most popular person in the kingdom. It has, indeed, been the sole herculean labour of his life to become so. He has manifested throughout his career a singleness of purpose in pursuing this object, backed by prodigious physical and great mental energies, which could scarcely fail of conducting him to success. See then the dizzy elevation he has attained the Chancellor ship of England; a position of paramount sway in the Government; the object of fervent flattery, philosophical, oratorical, and literary; the idol of the people. We doubt whether any single individual, in ancient or modern times, ever aimed at levying contributions from so many, and such apparently incompatible sources. And, in order to do so, it cannot be fairly said that Lord Brougham has been every thing by turns, and nothing long for he has, throughout his varied and brilliant career, subordi nated every thing every occupation every accom plishment every failure every triumph to the one object we have mentioned popularity; and that, con summate and permanent. He has striven, with perse vering cunning, to entwine himself with every fibre of the people's heart; he would not have you touch one without the other; they must stand or fall together. That his conduct has not at times exhibited features of singular weakness and imprudence, we do not mean to assert; there have indeed been instances of such; but they have been lost consumed in the blaze of his suc cessful ambition. Truly it is difficult, on many accounts, to Speak soberly and accurately of Lord Brougham's pre tensions for the eye that would have scanned all, is apt, on a nearer approach, to settle exclusively on his more prominent qualities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.