Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-22
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1t would seem to be onc Of the penalties o.
our fate that while up to certain time IN lie
We 60 Oh learning, after that period we have to
urIearn, CT, to speak more correctly, to forget
much of cur knowledge. The schoo!boy OF
thirty years ago is Bos required tc rid his nlad
Of eli he may have read about Arglc'Saxo1s,
and to substitute for them the idea Of an Eog'
| lish people. lie must dismiss as tables the
story of Romuus and Remus; the Incident cl
King Canu!e aud tho sea; the adventure OF
| Alfred in the sRineheras hui; the career OIL
William Tell; his belief that Nero was tyranl;
and, if ho believes Foltaire, even the pure zig.
urc Of j oan Of Arc must be pulled down from
| her honorable riclc in tho temple or lame. ilo
must give up tie ep!soda OF Columbus anu tno
egg, because he fuds the same illustration en-
rloyed by Brune!iesohi when he Was challenged
| to prove hat ho was the designer OF the cupo-
| Ia Of the Duouo OF Florence. Tia must, more
| over, strip from biz memory regular Ivy
sroth oi good cpierams and Eaxlms, because
historians of tho Niebuhr schoo! have shown
| that the ''sayings' we're net salI by the men men
| to whom history has attributed them. Dur
ing The last thirty years we have been
COMPELLED, though with sorrOw. to play tho
sceptic with regard to some OF the best
known historic phrases There Is sui!
doubt as to whether The dying Goethe ctl;d
| for more light;' but there ID no doubt ina:
kosciu;ko did not say, az be lei! wounded,
! 'Eipis PoIouie" It seems to DC proved That
NJ. THEIRS vas uot tho author OF the consttu--
tiDpal maxim that "thc king rtlgls, but does
rot povcrn." |. vas eaid two hundred years
before bis time by John L Z!moYSkl, lJIe. -
Mr.. Carlyle has assisted ii The work OF depf:V'
ing the French guard of the credit OF saylog,
"Eire iivsi, Mcssicu:s he EaelIsh; aud moi
v;thstandiag that H. Louis B!anc has adopted
the phrase in reference TO tic massacre On o.
Bsrtho;omew'a Day. The cGldcnca shows that
the words "llii all; G2l will recosa'23 ma
owp," were epoGea by tho popcs h.gate 10
regard to the slaughter of the AlbigeGses. y!
course ia SO acc 0l rampant laoaoc!asm Soile
Of the idols which have beer raised around TIC
name OF TeileyTa2d ElGst share tho lot OF otncf'
and themselves be shattered. Ii we take the
whole OF the Oldest difoulatista ID Europe an'
pu! them to the test, they would pr0DaDiy say,
as VIC should have sad, that 1t was 1allsyranu
Hho, speal;i1c Of Lord Castercagh. said, With
relererce TO his nlainnoSs Of dress 10 gilt
tcripg throrg oi E@Hi Hipoicntarles. Ma io!'
Cost bien distiuguc." There is. it seems. an
other version OF The same story, IN which innca
Tsleyiaui il made 10 say tnat tue Dfitlsh
representative wss, as compared win inc
others, Mons deccre, plus distinguc. But, ac'
cordlnc to IL. E.St!au1 de Nilohcic. who was III
the consular gclvioe 1T S.. Petersburg from
| lS49 to 1866, the anaeciote, as it is popularity
known and used, IS total Inversion OF the tac;s.
Ga the authority Of Psiuce Pau! Hat2en.
oephcv OF the Russian Ambassador a5 the
| Corgrcss OF Vienna he says that 1t was Lord
Castisreagh who used tho phrase, and ihGt II
was to Prioce Ga.!iz:r he uttered 1t. va en-
teriag .ho Congress ro9m, he sa" q stfango
pentiel!an IL evening dress starGl9g at The table.
fIc asked WHO i: wai and Vas told INC stranger
wasap attache from the EGssian Eubas'y 81
St. Petersburg whcrcupC3 Lord Cas:!crcach
remarked, in ;'re1ci,, Hoy A Russian with
| ont dccor.tioas lie must be q very distin-
rui.hcd map." Il you'd certainly be tlatterIC
70 our na!ioGa p1i;c fjt should prove that II
vas a oonpatriof. even Though hls name Ii &c!
on; cf pleasant ,2cliGry, who used the phrase
20 university aSurined 10 ii. iaiieyIand, ana
we migtt or that grou9d Iec0mc this cou'ra-
tjctjcr. l. is not at al uailkey thai Iflace
Tslicyran1, :1eariUg the riot ascrioat TO MN,
| took possession Ct il, lex Il YES Eli custom -
adopt as o:igioni phrases ia7cuted by Others
aud his fame has been considerably helped hy
! the habit among speakers aGd writers OF at
! ribrtiDg 10 the vcTS:!lIa Glppona'5t ulA"F
things be never ssia, IS: IS nowa1sya they N iSa
! Sydney Smith tho author Of cpgfaIn3 nc nr'.F
delivered. OGc by Cac, lDiccd, most ol the pa
| to,ic phrases Of IaleycaGi h27G been traced to
more remote aulhor!tias The saylug tia!
"lappuage vas given to us 70 disguise our
Thoughts" was originated by FotaITc. and, al
cordug to n. Fourier, WA made loto go cpl
gram by IIobrun. "lt ii worse than chine
lit j. :. b!uodcs,' il !atEcrcd on The old dpin
mstist 10 rtferepcc 10 the Duke OF EoghIen'a
eyecut;o5; but bis biograpucr, NJ. d. VauiabcIic.
sdeuics that he ever used the words IaI'eYrand
is said to lia9o been 1li!geDt student OF Jest
book called lie Iupro9isatcu7 tIaucas," and
was likely to be wo!l supplied from this source
| with mols and "iupromptrs;" but there aIo
foy really original among those Of which he Is
made the putalive father. 81 Tar 1t IS not de-
nied that he is the auhCr OF the adage that
man WHO toes not koog wills. Is preparing Tor
himself IL isGra5lc 0lG aGf; acd That 1t was nc
who, Ga being tod By al applicant Tor otllce
that he had learned Spanish, congratulated him
nnon hcicg able 10 read D1n tlu!Xote 10 tho
original. There is Que other cpigran to "hlch
va b.Iicyc MS o'all IL not Disputed, and It's au
thenticity s vonchcd for b2 Lord Macau'ay;
At Holland House Que cveo.ng, Taicgrand said
that .'Cardioal Waza!iu deceived but did not
lie. while NJ. dc MettcrHIch lied always but de-
cciycd Dcyer"--a neat dchoion Of differences
which may nc. seem altogether lnappllcab!c to
tho two ministers Sn0 represented Great Brltaln
at the Berlin Ceugress. -.Hnnchcstcr (E"g.)
, Eca1ninCr.
For fno Clothing zee Daalham, 62 hlog
street, colncr Of tAirfsI.