Tendency to Centralisation in the State of New York; in the
School System; in the Banking-System; in the System of Public
Works.--Results of Public Works.--Charters of Canal and Railroad
Companies.--Influence of the Example of New York.--Modern Nations
cannot dispense with the Action of Authority.--Religion cannot
fully take the place of Political Authority.--Authority must change
its Attributes.--Banks, Means of Communication, and Schools are
the Instruments of Government, which must, in part, take the Place
of the Ancient Attributes of Authority.--Inviolability of the
Individual.--Favourable Disposition of the Public Mind. 370