[Ads-l] 1868 Disraeli-attributed quotation: "...My ancestors were lords of the tabernacle...his were naked savages...."

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Great citation, Stephen. Thanks for sharing it, and thanks for posting
on a different thread the 1860 citation with quotes attributed
Frederic of Prussia, Marshal McMahon, and Napoleon in a book authored
by James Parton.
Garson

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
> Mr. D'Israeli never forgets--never allows others to forget--that he is of that race whence all our prophets came and Jesus Christ himself was born....
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> On one occasion, when taunted with being a descendant perhaps of the thief on the cross, he replied, in proud and soul-stirring words, "My blood thrills with the traditions of my race! My ancestors were lords of the tabernacle and princes of Israel when his were naked savages in the woods of Northern Germany."
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> March, 1868, The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, p. 86 col. 1
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> https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924057441390;view=1up;seq=92
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> Stephen Goranson
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