they picked a house of haniber and found a germany electricor, and they selected him, and we have four changes in the course of 100 years and england soldiered on. the merchants in england continued to be successful. they continued to grow. english commerce grew. commerce among themselves grew. there was in that period of time the country thrived. in that period of extreme you would think turmoil, possibility for turmoil, there was little disruption. this is the world into which burke was born, the world in which he became a politician, spent many, many years in parliament, was in leadership only a very short period of time, was in opposition much of that time, but burke, burke's philosophy, i think, was shaped by those extremely important potentially disruptive events which england survived and not only survived but thrived. through that whole period parliament gained strength in part because it was the vehicle for selecting the new kings. parliament actually when they restored charles ii to the tloen, typically actually there was no parliament, but parliament came together, created t