...perhaps to be preferred to the heartless, unmeaning dissipation of the higher orders. I am thankful that I am now entirely clear of this, and my resolution to remain clear of it for the rest of my life is immutable.' Parry remarks that it would be folly to attribute to Byron any love for democracy, as...

...to the heartless unmeaning dissipation of the higher orders. I am thankful I am now clear of that, and my resolution to remain clear of it for the rest of my life is immutable." HJC GRIERSON. \The principal part of the foregoing was delivered as one of the Byron...