Friends in Council

""Friends In Council"" is a collection of essays written by Sir Arthur Helps, a British author and civil servant, and first published in 1849. The book consists of 12 essays, each of which is a dialogue between a group of friends discussing various topics such as education, religion, politics, and social issues. The conversations are insightful and thought-provoking, and the characters are well-drawn and engaging. Helps uses the format of a conversation to explore different perspectives on each topic, and to challenge the reader's assumptions and beliefs. The essays are written in a clear and accessible style, making them suitable for a wide range of readers. The book is a classic of Victorian literature, and remains popular today for its wit, wisdom, and charm.A reasonable watchfulness against conformity will not lead a man to spurn the aid of other men, still less to reject the accumulated mental capital of ages. It does not compel us to dote upon the advantages of savage life. We would not forego the hard-earned gains of civil society because there is something in most of them which tends to contract the natural powers, although it vastly aids them. We would not, for instance, return to the monosyllabic utterance of barbarous men, because in any formed language there are a thousand snares for the understanding. Yet we must be most watchful of them.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.