Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-16
.,,,r Avn WISDOM OF pEAcossrtntp.
rr,ts sayings Selected from His Speeches
and Novels.
From the New York Mail.

and Novels.
From the New York Mail.
M Englishman of modern times was so
.,oat q puzzle to his contemporaries as
ns,i,min Disraeli, Lord Besconsfeld. He
Dnfronted them for upwards Of half q CEN
tary, in his double capacity of author and
member of Parliament, and during all that
time they were somewhat In doubt as to
what he was and what he intended to &C.
complish. To minds of a certain cast he
was man Of brilliant genius; to minds OF
another class he was a consummate char
lstsn; theie was another class to whom he
was both. We are inclined to think that
the Judgment of the last was the more
nearly correct. for reading him now that
his work is finished we find it the most sin
shrewd sense and fatuous nonsense. SINGER
ity and affect alton, good taste and bad taste,
CYNICAL wisdom and lackadsisical .senti'
ment 1t is not easy 70 convince ourselves
that he was in earnest when we read sucn
story as The Young Duke, for if another
had written it we should feel sure that be
VS. satr zing the society that it depicts
but we are not sure in this case, Tor our
feeling Is far as we can realize IL. Is tnat
there is q great deal of admiration mixed up
with his supposititious satire, or as Shelley
puts it,
The desire of the moth for the star.
A c.,efn, consideration of the novels Of
ia pa.consfeld from first to last. from
Via Grey 1885 to Endymion (lSSO)
fuilv discloses the personality OF the
writer and the object Of ee proposes
msnbood. 1t WAS simply success All that
be wrote, and All that he did, was with
that tjsct in view. AS he said to him.
self, in the midst of the, ridicule which
greeted his maiden speech, He had
begun several times many things, and he
had often succeeded at last. He would sit
down now, but the time would come when
they would hear him." He was right the
tune did come when they would hear him.
and for forty years he never lost the power
of singing them with his wit. Many
qualities might be denied him-sincerity,
stability, principle-but wit Was always al
lowed him, even by his worst enemies. 1t
VIII t il was at its best may be seen by q
volume lately published here Wit and
Wisdom of Benz amin Disraeli. Lord Bea.
cOnsfeld, the compilation of one of his
English admirers. possibly q personal
friend. by whom it " begun before his
last Illness and with his approval. It is
drawn, we beliye, from all his writings.
which cover period of ffty-four years, in
prose and verse, from his speeches in Par
lament. at public dinners and elsewhere,
from all authentic sources; in word, it
NAV be considered, therefore, q complete
presentation OF the intellectually Of the
man. The title promises more. perhaps,
than the book justites, for while lis Wit is
unques ionable, its wisdom Is not apparent
Not that Lord Beaconsfeld did not occa-
sonally cay wise things, but that they bore
proportion to his witty ones Wit wins
It's way by happy sudacity which
prevents the world from examining its Gre
dentials, and serves f.lsehood quite as f.
fectvely as truth, often more effectively,
for it makes truth ridiculous. Without ex-
aiming the isdOm Of Lord BeAcon field,
Of which posterity will judge more impair
TALLY than we can hope t., let US call some
examples of his wit, which, with his wis.
dom, is arranged alphabetically under
about 45O different heads:
1t ia not calling your neighbors names
that settles question.
Advice is not q popular thing to give
Apologies only account for that which
they do not alter.
Assassination has never changed the his
tory of the world.
think the author who speaks of his own
books almost as bad as the mother who
talks about her own children.
Brougham Is = man who would say any,
thing, and Of one thing you may be
quite certain, there is no ject which
Lord Broughsm kn' VS. thoroughly.
In these days great capitalist has Deep
er roo tn II sovereign prince unless he
is very legitimate.
The doctrine of evolution affords no in
stances SO striking as those ut sACerdOtal
development.
Our sta,esm n never read, and are only
convreted by parliamentary committees
Nothing depresses mans spirits more
completely than self-conVic.ion If self
conceit
If you are not very clever you should be
concilatOry.
lie uttered incon ceivable nothinas, and
tne replied to him in incomprehenslbl
something's.
Nature has given US two ears, but only
che mouth.
A visit to country house is q series of
meals mitiga.ed by the new dresses of the
ladies.
You know who the critics are? The
! men whJ have failed in literature and art.
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
There CAN be no economy where there lie
efficiency.
ting aud bemOrrhage.
Great men never want experience.
10 be famous when you are young is the
hrtune of the gods.
1t great thing to make fortune
There s only one thing greater, and that is
W Keep IL WueH maU6.
He was famous tor discovering the future
when it has taken place
She sets up to be natural and 10 onIy
rude; mistakes insolence for Innocence !.
says every thing that frss comes to her lips,
and thinks she ie gay when only eiddy.
The greatest Of all evils is q week gov
eminent. They can not carry good meas
urea they are forced to carry bad ones.
| have learned again what l have often
learned before-that you should never take
anything for granted.
A great man IL one who affects his gen.
Grafton.
Ignorance never settles question.
All men have their inprudent days.
4 Inc Jesuits are wise men-ttey never
Io.e their temper.
II 10 be conscious that you are ignorant is
Il Weat step to knowledge
~ ola oash rs y biunder, manhood struggle,
II oI sge aregret
| ssma A. u'ea1 life to do the same thir & the
[ W. oay al the same hour
/ fsmii Lay rs the use Of belonging TO an old
snnns;o unIess 10 have the authority OF an
Or noI;,io ready TOR any prejudice. religious
reqare2 oo'Aoin"''ons n"y
,, dI man who is in love the thought of
puIsye os'ins IL ho' re-
Ioi i see no use in speaking to man about
,b 81 rrigloni they are both stronger
nan Nm friendship.
.. mrs; Darlington We're was a most sue
GIssluI Wamsn; lucky in everything
10y even In her husband, for be died. -,
,sna majority is always better than the best