New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-15

and there discussion of a point which
still rests upon debatable ground must
take account of motives which may
have been mixed hut were certainly
not mean. He makes remark to Mrs.
Lewis at a time Of great emotional
stress in which we may fairly trace
something Of the true quality Of the
man. He had been writing a tragedy
and had got out humor with the task.
Il always aim in all do at the high
est" he says. Il see no use in writ
ing tragedies unless they be as fine as
Shakespeare's and as that Is impossi-
bic to attain, what am / to do? In
Fame as well as Love. my motto IS
All or Nothing because l prefer happy
obscurity 10 mediocre reputation That
was Disrael in all the relations OF iife.
Although in the earlier political strug-
giles which Mr.. Monypenny records we
are conscious all the time Of a devour-
ing ambition; we are conscious. too or
q certain highmindedness and a genu-
inely democratic philosophy transcend
ing the young statesman's unbridied
egotism THE national character may
yet save the Empire" he wrote to one
of his correspondents. and his political
course unfailingly recognized the inn
portance of that element in political
affairs. If 1t was framed with an IN
durable zest for power and applause IL
was framed also with view to the
public good When he lost his Maid
stone constituency and stood Tor
Shrewsbury he told those who listened
TO his speeches that he had three great
objects before him. the maintenance
of the constitution. the interests OF the
poor and the liberties of the people"
Mr.. Monypenny can find no reason for
suspecting that he did not mean what
he said.
His Toryism was all for the domi-
nance of the upper orders, but 1t de-
manded reconstruction OF the party
on a popular basis" and If he believed
IN the sway Of an efficient aristocracy
he advocated also "a readiness to trust
the masses of the people and genu-
inc interest in their wellbeing.' Yet
il WAS hard for him to impose upon
all of his contemporaries a sense ~
that good faith to which we have re-
ferred. Mr.. Monypenny has this pas
sage on the slow progress that Disareli
made in affirming not his courage, his
resourcefulness, his parliamentary skill.
but his trustworthincss as a man 10
follow:
In the session of 1874 he had won the
ear of the House of Commons. but he had
not yet succeeded in winning its conf
dence His bad reputation chung TO him
persistently and impeded his progress 1t
clung to him all the more because. In sub
tie combination with high and serious
qualities the element of hayward fan
tasy I'm his character was still there, ever
tending to renew the Suspicious which II
had helped to engender at the nrst.
He had compelled the House Of Commons
10 listen to him. TO laugh with him. and
even to cheer him; but II cared nothing
for his ideas.
He was forty when he had to face the
situation. and he did face 1t with clear
vision. Again We have to reckon with
his genius. 1t cropped up, as Mr..
Monypenny notes, in 1.-THE power of pa
tent unflagging yet intense resolve"
He was one Of those who know how to
wait, as he showed when on the occa-
sion of his maiden speech and the up
roar i'm which 1t was quenched he
flung ut the Opposition his memorable
defiance. Il sit down now, but the time
will come when you will hear me-"
He knew how to wait because he was
so supremely confident Of the issue.
There was something magnificent about
the way in which Disraeli went into
battle. When Mrs. Lewis allowed him