How do Potter's diction and syntax in paragraphs 4-7 create a tone that reflects his opinion of Sunstein's argument

in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated,

i wonder if it is possible to place reagans testimony and paragragh 18, so we can compare and contract the ideas in the text.