John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6355 Benjamin
| NUMBER: | 6355 |
| AUTHOR: | Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli (1804–1881) |
| QUOTATION: | What is the question now placed before society with the glib assurance which to me is most astonishing? That question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? I, my lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence those new fangled theories. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speech at Oxford Diocesan Conference, Nov. 25, 1864. |