BROUGHAM AND MACAULAY.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 330, 2 July 1875, Page 3

BROUGHAM AND MACAULAY.

Brougham, tall, thin, and commanding in figure, with a face which, however, ugly, is full of and a voice of great , pow i er, / 'variety, and even melody, notwithstanding his,occasional■, prolixity and tediousness, ~is an orator in every sense of the word. Macaiilay,"short, fat, and : ungraceful, with a round, thick, unmeaning- face, and with.rather.a;dißpi though ;he has made speeeh'esi of great merit, and' of a ( yery high'style of eloquence, in point of composition; has no pretensions to; be put. in competition with Brougham .in the House of Commons. 'Nor is the difference or inferiority of Macaulay ■jless marked -in 'jspciety-. ■■'- Macaulay, in"deedj is a great talker, and pours-forth floods of knowledge 'on' 'all Subjects • but the gracefulness, lightness, and variety are wanting in his talk which, are s,p - conspicuous •in ; '--his writihgsj there is not enough of alloy in the jaietal ;of his; conversation; it is" tqp_di 7 dactic,' it is all too good, and not sufficiently .. prastic,' ( and' diversified for general society. : Brougham, on the other hand,-is all life, spirit, and gaiety—" from ; grave to gay, from lively to severe "-. dashing through every description of fplly and fun, dealing in those rapid transitions by.which the attention and imagination are art rested and excited ; always amusing, always instructive, never tedious, elevated to the height of the greatest intellect, and familiar with the most abstruse'subjects, and at the same. ;mo-. ment conciliating the humble preten'--' sibhs of inferior, minds by—dropping into the midst of their pursuits and objects with a fervor and intensity of interest, which surprises and delights his associates, and, above all, "which puts them at their, ease. —"Greville's. Memoirs." ' P ? ;