6 JANUARY 1956, Page 20

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JANUARY 8, 1831 No one will deny that the proper business of a Member of Parliament is to legislate for the good of the country, and that it is his duty to put aside all motives which may lead him astray from taking a conscientious view of the question before him. But Members are also men; and if they are elected by an unconstitu- tional influence, and after their arrival are beset by those seductions which endanger men's honesty everywhere else, it is right that the world should at least be put in a condition to estimate the force of the temptation which they either disgracefully yield to or honourably fling behind them.