The Elephant to the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli
Only an Elephant
Genre: | Letter, Spoof |
Subjects: | Animal Behaviour, Zoological Gardens, Politics, Government |
Objects strongly to Chancellor of the Exchequer Benjamin Disraeli's sneer at the proposal to give parliamentary representation to the Zoological Society Gardens. The elephant puffs himself as 'the brute model of the human politician', identifying his trunk as representing 'the very philosophy of statesmanship'. | |
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