Monologue

Trueman Monologue from The Politician Out-Witted

From The Politician Out-Witted by Samuel Low

male · philosophical · 1:15 min

To tell you what is Latin for Constitution, will not make you a particle the wiser; I will, therefore, explain it in the vernacular tongue.--Constitution then, in its primary, abstract, and true signification, is a concatenation or coacervation of simple, distinct parts, of various qualities or properties, united, compounded, or constituted in such a manner, as to form or compose a system or body, when viewed in its aggregate or general nature. In its common, or generally received, acceptation, it implies two things.--First, the nature, habit, disposition, organization or construction of the natural, corporeal, or animal system.--Secondly, a political system, or plan of government. This last definition, I apprehend, explains the Constitution you mean. (HUMPHRY: Like enough, but I don't understand a single word you've been a talking about.) No! 'Tis not my fault then:--If plainness of language, clearness of description, and a grammatical arrangement of words will not suffice, I can do no more. (Enter OLD LOVEYET listening.)

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