Introductory material
Reading edition
“TIME IS REPRESENTED WITH A SCYTHE AS WELL AS WITH AN HOUR-GLASS. WITH THE ONE HE MOWS DOWN, WITH THE OTHER HE RECONSTRUCTS.”—Disraeli, in The Press, 1853.
“GREAT MINDS MUST TRUST TO GREAT TRUTHS AND GREAT TALENTS FOR THEIR RISE, AND NOTHING ELSE.”
“TRUE WISDOM LIES IN THE POLICY THAT WOULD EFFECT ITS AIMS BY THE INFLUENCE OF OPINION, AND YET BY THE MEANS OF EXISTING FORMS.”
“... THE PAST IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF OUR POWER.”—Speech on Mr. Cobden’s death, April 3, 1865.