It was a strange and touching spectacle to those who remembered the form of colossal energy and the clear and thrilling tones that had once startled, disturbed, and controlled senates.
From a biography of Lord George Bentinck, Disraeli reflects on the changed appearance and voice of Daniel O'Connell in Parliament.
Share
More from Benjamin Disraeli
There cannot be two moralities; and to hold that the Second Person of the Holy Trinity could teach a different morality from that which had been already revealed by the First Person of the Holy Trinity, is a dogma so full of terror that it…
All the economical palliatives and political pretences of long years seemed only to aggravate the suffering and confusion.
All the fruits of his laborious investigations were always at the service of his friends without reserve or self-consideration.
The support of an unconstitutional measure may be expedient, but it cannot be denied that it is the most indubitable evidence of confidence.
Other voices in this conversation
