text:  As a remedy for this short-sightedness the result of their isolated position the aristocracy of power is always prompt to borrow from the aristocracy of talent that assistance in the practical working of its government which it requires; they are glad to find safe men among the people to whom they can delegate the cares of office the annoyances of patronage and the odium of power; and the better to secure these men they are always ready to lift them among themselves to identify them with their exclusive interests and to give them a permanent establishment among the nobles of the land