Political science refers to history,and inquires whether England has not in former times drawn from Germany,Italy,Holland,France,Spain,and Portugal by these means a mass of proDuctive power.

• 政治科学是以历史为依据的，它要追究的是，英国在以前曾否使用过这样的方法，从而由德国、意大利、荷兰、法国、西班牙和葡萄牙获得了大量生产力。