Note 65 — Chapter IV

He seems to admire the sterling qualities of character and intellect rather than the brilliant manifestations of impulse and genius. He celebrates the heroism of brave endurance rather than of chivalrous daring65: the fortitude that, in the long run, wins success, and saves the State66, rather than the impetuous valour which achieves a barren glory; the sincerity and simplicity which are stronger than art, yet that know when to speak and when to be silent67; the sagacity which enables men to understand their circumstances, and to turn them to the best account68.