Now, Mr. Disraeli is a man who does what may be called the conjuring for his party. He is what, amongst a tribe of Red Indians, would be called "the mystery man." He invents phrases for them... Mr. Disraeli is a man of brains, of genius, of great capacity for action, of a wonderful tenacity of purpose, and of a rare courage. He would have been a statesman if his powers had been directed by any noble principle or idea.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Now, Mr. Disraeli is a man who does what may be called the conjuring for his party. He is what, amongst a tribe of Red Indians, would be called "the mystery man." He invents phrases for them... Mr. Disraeli is a man of brains, of genius, of great capacity for action, of a wonderful tenacity of purpose, and of a rare courage. He would have been a statesman if his powers had been directed by any noble principle or idea." in the context of "John Bright, speech in Birmingham Town Hall (12 July 1865), quoted in George Barnett Smith, The Life and Speeches of the Right Hon. John Bright, M.P., Vol. II (1881), p. 192" to mean that wisdom is timeless.