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I've just read this string and am commenting somewhat late, but like Glenn Deer I recognized the passage which immediately brought back a flood of memories from Political Science 361: The History of Political Philosophy taught by the fabulous Charles Taylor in the basement of the Leacock Building. (There was also a fabulous grad student in that class whom I eventually married, but that's another story). Similar to Glenn's experience, this passage was read by us in context: of political philosophy, 19th century thought, and with the help of contemporary commentators (Sabine was our Bible) as well as discussed with the teacher and our seminar leader. Throwing such a passage at a student for reading or discourse analysis is senseless, unless the student is actually studying this writer or period.