Excerpt from The Works of Thomas Carlyle (Complete), Vol. 9: Oliver Cromwell's Letter and Speeches With Elucidations; The Life of Friedrich Schiller, Comprehending an Examination of His Works The First Session of this Parliament closed, last June, under such auspicious circumstances as we saw; leaving the People and the Lord Protector in the comfortable understanding that there was now a Settlement arrived at, a Government possible by Law; that irregular exercises of Authority, major-generals and such like, would not be needed henceforth for saving of the Commonwealth. Our Public Affairs, in the Netherlands and elsewhere, have prospered in the interim; nothing has misgone. Why should not this Second Session be as success ful as the First was - Alas, success, especially on such a basis as the humors and parliamentary talkings and self-devel Opments of four hundred men, is very uncertain And indeed this Second Session meets now under conditions somewhat altered. 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.