Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-02-09
PALM TO CROMWELL
WRITER PLACES HIM ABOVE The
FIRST NAPOLEON.
Farmer Won Success Against Greater
Obstacles and With Poorer MATE
rial to His Communicated Botn as
Statesman and Soldier.

NdpOieOn was oOiuiO' ~
ton; Cromwell was farmer, says
Alfred Henry Lewis in Success Mag
azine. Napoleon found trained SOL
diers at ready hand when his career
began; Cromwell must make his peas
ants into soldiers under fire. In the
blaze of battle he forged himselI anu
them; and later, at odds OF prl-
gade against roundhead regiment,
the latter moved down the flower OF
Europe.
Cromwell, in his cold, sullen Eng
lish, had more difficult metal to deal
with than did Napoleon. 1t asks no.
mighty fire to melt Frenchman-at
all times half-solved in the heat OF his
innate hysteria. Napoleon coaxed'
bribed and dazzled, as well as fought
his way. The somber Cromwell mere
ly lied and fought.
Napoleon made terms with the
church; Cromwell conquered church
and nation. Napoleon would lose cour-
age and presence Of mind; Cromwells
heart, whatever the occasion and
whether of peril or safety, beat as
steady and measured as clock.
Cromwell was whatever the moment
asked. He could dissemble like a Tai
| leyrand. or he could be as bluff as
| Harry the Eighth. He welded eau
| ton to daring; he could follow policy
and intrigue like Louis XXI, or he could
| charge as recklessly as any Charles
| of Burgundy-think in the saddle, and
carry decision on the point OF his
word. Cromwell knew humanity in the
| herd, and was great in that knowl-
| edge. When thousands greeted his
| return from Ireland, one at his elbow
"a courtier, of course-cOngratulat
him on his popularity and the fervor
of his welcome home.
more would come to see me
hanged" quoth the cloudy Cromwell
rather than love or loyalty that make:
the reason of every popular demon
stration.
Cromwell was an expert of thu
mask; he could feign a feeling or pre-
tend a thought He calculated coldly
and never permitted feud or tn
knowledge Of another's treason, il
esse or accomplished, to prevent u.s.
Of that man. He would pillow with tn
heifer of his foe-even with the TO
himself, while the blowing plowed &C
| vantage. He would meet folks know,
to be false, he would seem to Civ
them his confidence, he would let tn
nose of venal expectation sniff II
ward, and he would be the picture c
unconscious innocence. Those falls
ones had been deluded they were i
invisible irons, and always in sigh
Cromwell, better than Napoleon, kne
men; better than Napoleon
matched each new hour and dov
tailed with events as they befell.
seeming ever frank, he was as clos
locked as the grave; apparently pl
ant, he was as bendless as the oal
never hearing, he was all ears; new,
seeing, he had the eyes of Argus inn
cent, he was a fox for policy; peac
full, he was as swift to smite as DO
from above; hesitating, he was
prompt as a flashlight; careless,
was as accurate as rapier; of thing
for things and by things political,
was never where nor when nor VIII
his enemies anticipated. Military
his genius, he was always pushing f
I. the high ground; being as selfish
military, he held, with Thrasymachu
that Justice is the interest of t