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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Essays of Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson: problem settled. Thus the cause of everything in England was the
form of government, and the cure for all evils was, by consequence, a
revolution. It is surprising how many of them said this, and that
none should have had a definite thought in his head as he said it.
Some hated the Church because they disagreed with it; some hated Lord
Beaconsfield because of war and taxes; all hated the masters,
possibly with reason. But these failings were not at the root of the
matter; the true reasoning of their souls ran thus - I have not got
on; I ought to have got on; if there was a revolution I should get
on. How? They had no idea. Why? Because - because - well, look at
America!
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