I discovered it by chance.

[The government] may be destroyed by popular violence, or the madness of party, or the deeper sappings of corruption.

But the widespread interest in intercollegiate debating and proper gratitude for what it has done to stimulate a study of the different forms of public discourse have led undergraduates, graduates, and even teachers, I think, greatly to misemphasize its importance in the field of study under discussion this morning — public discourse.

Coordinate term: cypherpunk