... fingers' tip, and yet be as helpless as an infant and as impractical as a fool. An educated man, a man with his powers developed by training, may know no language but his mother tongue, may be ... chairman apologized for his failure. Sir James Graham and Mr. Disraeli failed and were derided atfirst, and only succeeded by dint of great labor and application. At one time Sir James Graham ... books are among the best of companions; and, by elevating the thoughts and aspirations, they act aspreservatives against low associations. " ;A natural turn for reading and intellectual pursuits,"...