The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-11-30
Salient Points from Lord Bea cons
fields New Novel.

Lord Beaconsfeld's s novel, "Endymion" was
published Friday in this country. The World,
commenting on it, says it ID novel without a
plot and romance without hero The
following "plums' are taken from it,
Let us cross the street and get into St.
James's place-that is always my idea of soli-
tude
The salvation of Europe is the affair Of
mast generation; the salvation Of England
should be the subject rather of our present
Thoughts.
that increasing feeling of terror and de-
SPAR which was deemed necessary to the ad-
vancement OF conservative opinions.
One should never think of death. Think Of
life-that is real piety."
Turtle makes all men equal.''
"Now, L dare say that AMBASSADOR has been
blundering all his life, and yet there Is some
thing in that star anu ribbon; do not know
how you feel, but could almost go down on
my knees to him. And there is q cabinet min
ister-well, you know what he is. have been
squibbing him these two years, and now that
meet him feel like snob. 1 believe them
to be all impOsters, but still it is pleasant to
talk with man with STAR
ga public man is responsible, and q respon-
sible man is a slave. 1t is private life that
governs the world. The world talks much of
powerful sovereigns and great ministers, and
If being talked about made one powerful they
would be irresistible. But the fact is, the more
you are talked about the less powerful you
are."
"All lawyers are loose in their youth, but an
insular country, subject to fogs, and with q
powerful middle class, requires grave states
men,"
"My return" said Prince Florestan, twas
the natural development of the irresistible
principle of historical necessity
"What is colonial necessarily lacks original
ity. A country that borrows its language, its
laws and its religion, cannot have its inventive
powers much developed"
that hectacomb they call wedding-break-
fast, which celebrates the triumph of rival.
Everything in this world depends upon
will" II think everything in this world de-
peDds upon woman" "It is the same thing"
1t is since the depths of religious thought
have been probed and the influence Of women
in the spread and sustenance of religious feel
ing has again been recognized that fascinating
and fashionable prelates have become favored
guests in the refined salons of the mighty, and
while apparently indulging in the vanities of
the hour have re-established the influence
which in old days guided Matilda or the
mother of a Constantine.
'You must tell him, Berengalis, that he can
come and dine here whenever he likes in
boots: 1t is settled thing that NJ. P.'s may
dine in boots.'
- little knowledge of the world is a dan
gerous thing, especially in literature"
Foreigners rarely know more than one En-
gllsh minister at time, but they compensate
for their ignorance of ihe aggregate body by
even exaggerating the qualities of the indi-
vidual with whom they are acquainted"
"The only use of being in opposition is that
we may enjoy ourselves
"All things change, and quoting Virgil will
be the next thing to disappear. In the last
parliament we often had Latin quotations, hut
never from a member with new constituent
cV. have heard Greek quoted here, but that
was long ago and great mistake the house
was quite alarmed"
"Lundon Is deficient in dining capacity"
When nation is thoroughly perplexed and
dispirited they soon cease to make distinctions
between political parties. The country is out
of sorts and the government held answerable
for the disaster.
Sensible men are all of the same religion"
"And what is that?" Sensible men never
tell"
"Great men should think of opportunity and
not of Time. Time is the excuse of feeble and
puzzled spirits
"Every political party changes its principles
on an average once IN ten years.
Ia specimen Of rhapsodical rhetoric, highly
useful in troubled times when there is no teal
business to transact and nobody to transact it.
"Dynasties are unpopular, especially new
Ones The present age is monarchical but not
dynastic."
"You must show that democracy is aristocra
cy in disguise, and that aristocracy 10 Democ-
racy in disguise, 1t will carry you through