The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13
Lord Brougham is described as follows:

Lord BrOugham is described as follows:
The whole visage is wild and bizarre, and
slightly conical, but not stern or forbidding. Like
his tongue, and his mind. it is eminently Scotch,
sharp, caustic rugged, thistleish. The top of the
head is as fiat as if it had been finished with a
plane. The brain chamber is as spacious as is
Often allotted to any one mortal and as sre
thoroughly. The face is large, massive, scanned
all over with the deep burrows OF age, and
thought, and toll; the nose Is fantastic ana In,
credible in shape. There is much humOr and
benevolence about the lines of the mouth. His
manner is warm eager, earnest, cordial.
Here is a description of the present Prince
of w aleS at the age OF eighteen:
His profile is extremely like that of the Queen.
The complexion is pure, fresh and healthy, like
that of most Ell gsh boys his hair is light brown,
cut short, not curly. His eyes are blush gray,
rather large and very frank in their expression;
his smile very ready and genuine; his manners
are extremely good have not had much to do
with royal persOnages, but of those have known
know none whose address is more winning and
with whom one feels more at ones ease. He has
been well educated and 1 should think had
good mind.
The following is from paragraph about
| the late lamented Macmillan, of Mexico:
He is about thirty, has an adventurous dispO-
voyaged a good deal about the world in the
Austrian ship-Of-war, for in one respect he much
resembles that unfortunate but anonymous an
| cestOr of his, the King of Bohemia, with the
| seven castles, who, according to Corporal Trim,
had such passion for navigation and sea affairs
1 a
ever and anon relieves his prose jog trot by
| breaking into canter of poetry. He adOres
bull-fghts, rather regrets the inquisition and
| considers the Duke OF Alva everything noble and
| chivalrOus and the most abused of men. 1t would
| do your heart good to hear his invOcatiOns to
| that deeply injured shade his denunciations of
the ignorant and vulgar Professionals who have
| DETAINED him.
| President Lincoln he describes, to the
! taste of everyone who knew the martyred
President, by. saying: He seemed to have
/ a window in his breast" To Grant he pays
| Il compliment almost as great by saying:
| Grant has the look of plain business man,
which he is. doubt if we have any ideal so
| completely realized that of the republican
| soldier in him. cannot get over the impression
he made on me- have got something like 1t from
| women sometimes, hardly ever from men-that
of entire loss of self-hOOd in great aim which
| made all the common influences which stir up
other people as nothing to him.
The foregoing descriptions may seem
somewhat sentimental, but how about the
following as to Admiral Farragut:
| The old Admiral-bona fide accident-let it
stand; is full of hot, red blood, jolly, juicy abund
dant. equal to anything, and an extra dividend
don't but he is s e the
ideal seaman as Grant the ideal general, but the
| type is not SO rare. He talks with everybody,
merry, twinkling-eyed, up to everything, fond OF
telling stories, tells them well; the gayest, heart
lest, shrewdest old boy you ever saw in your life.
| An unexpected feature of the book is the
| light thrown upon Bismarck's character.
|
student of Motley. When next the two
men met both were charged with serious
| responsibilities regarding their respective
countries, but Blsmark was to Motley the
| most devil-may-care fellow Imaginable
| Here is part of one of Bismarcks letters:
BITS OF BISMARCK.
| Jack. my Dear-Where the devil are you, and
| what do you do that you never write line to
i met I am working from morn to night like a
| niger and you have nothing to do at all-you
| might as well tip me line as well as looking at
| your feet tilted against the wall of God knows
| what dreary color Lazy old chap, what keeps
Just going to bed in this moment my eye met
| with yours on your portrait, and cJlrtailed the
sweet restorer sieeR Nm In ofaer 10 pena you OF
| Berlin? Let politics be hanged and come to see
me. Ipromise that the Union Jack shall wave
| over our house, and conversation and the best
| old hook shall pour damnatiOn upon the rebels.
| Do not forget old friends neither their wives as
mine wishes nearly as ardently as myself to see
| you, or at least to see as quickly as possible a
| word of your handwriting.
Here is a criticism of German character
which foreshadOwed some historic events
| The date is 1863:
Your battles are bloody, ours wOrdy; these
/ chatterers really cannot govern Prussia. must
| bring some opposition to bear against them;
| they have too little wit and too much sefc
placency-stupid and audaciOus. Stupid in all
its meanings, is not the right word; considered
individually these people are sometimes very
clever generally educated-the regulation Ger
the interests of their own church tower, they
know as little we know as students, and even
less; as far as external politics go they are also.
taken separately like children. In all other
questions they become childish as soon as they
stand together in eorpore In the mass stupid,
individually intelligent.
Another bit most unconscious combina-
ton of the affectiOnate and the sardonic:
Dear Motley-YOur writing to me was one Of
the best ideas that you have had for long time,
and you are certain to have many good ones.
| Your accusation against me that did not
answer you sounds to me, however, quite in
| credible. You say so, so it must be true Doubt
| that the stars are fire, etc., but never doubt my
virtue. You should do us the favor to Danish all
ink, house hunting and Englishmen for time
from your mind and to transport your wigwam
| to the POmeranian woods Personally, 1 cannot
| travel at this moment without upsetting all the
reasons for which my leave is granted otherwise
would come and find you and bring you to the
back woods; but please come, throw all cares
and worries behind the stove, where you will be
| sure to find them uncOnsumed on your return
have absorbed myself so in the thought that
| shall be i'll If you say no, and that would have
| the worse effect on politics.
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