God who made the prophet's ass
speak, and thereby instructed the prophet, might
instruct His Church by means of heathen Babylon"
(Tract 85, p. 83). There seems to be no end to the
apologetic burden that Balaam's ass may carry.
[98] _Nineteenth Century_, May 1889 (p. 701).
[99] I trust it may not be supposed that I undervalue M.
Renan's labours, or intended to speak slightingly of
them.
[100] To-day's _Times_ contains a report of a remarkable
speech by Prince Bismarck, in which he tells the
Reichstag that he has long given up investing in
foreign stock, lest so doing should mislead his
judgment in his transactions with foreign states. Does
this declaration prove that the Chancellor accuses
himself of being "sordid" and "selfish"; or does it not
rather show that, even in dealing with himself, he
remains the man of realities?
X: THE KEEPERS OF THE HERD OF SWINE
[1890]
I had fondly hoped that Mr. Gladstone and I had come to an end of
disputation, and that the hatchet of war was finally superseded by the
calumet, which, as Mr. Gladstone, I believe, objects to tobacco, I was
quite willing to smoke for both. But I have had, once again, to
discover that the adage that whoso seeks peace will ensue it, is a
somewhat hasty generalisation.
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