. Irland in London. Fester Freund von Steeles, war nicht-ein häufiger Beitragszahler, der Guardian beigthe Journal für whichlie meist schrieb.Swift half Steelein in vielerlei Hinsicht, untilhe wurde ein Tory, als er seine Al-Legion auf andere Jour-nals. Zum emi-nei, ein Wochenblatt, das am 3. August 1710 herausgebracht wurde, steuerte heconstantly bei.HUGH Doyd. •diesem Papier erschien sein bemerkenswerter Essay über die Kunst der PolitikalLiying, die ein seltsames Interesse für den heutigen Leser wegen seiner Anwendbarkeit auf bestimmte Staatsmänner hat. Es ist in Swifts beste Vene derscharfen Ironie, und ein oder zwei von

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. Ireland in London. firm friend of Steeles, was not-a frequent contributor, The Guardian beingthe journal for whichlie mostly wrote.Swift helped Steelein many ways, untilhe became a Tory, whenhe transferred his al-legiance to other jour-nals. To The Exami-nei, a weekly sheetbrought out on the 3rdof August, 1710, heconstantly contributed.HUGH doyd. In this paper appeared his remarkable essay on The Art of PoliticalLying, which has a strange interest for the present•day reader on account of its applicability to certain-statesmen. It is couched in Swifts best vein ofkeen irony, and one or two of its most piquantpassages will be doubtless appreciated by thestudents of present politics. Thus, after remark-ing that the devil, called the father of lies, was?expelled frorn heaven for insubordination, where(as Milton expresses it) he had been viceroy of agreat western province, he adds—But althoughthe devil be the father of lies, he seems, like thegreat inventors, to 1 ave lost much of his reputa- er£??5.. W1 tion by the continual improvements that havebeen made upon him. Who first reduced lyinginto an art, and adapted it to politics, is not soclear from history, although I have made some diligent inquiries It has been the guardian epiiit of a prevailing paity It gives and resumes employments, can sink amountain to a mole-hill, and raise a mole-hill toa mountain; has presided for many years at com-mittees of elections; can wash a blackmoor white;make a saint of an atheist, and a patriot of a pro-fligate; can furnish Foreign Ministers with intelli-gence, and raise or let fall the credit of tl enation. And again—Some people may thh.kthat such an accomplishment (as lying) can be ofno great use to the owner, or his party, after it hnBbeen often practised and is become notorious; butthey are widely mistaken. ... As the viles-twriter has his readers, bo the greatest liar has hisbelievers; and it often happens that, if a lie bebelieved only for an hour, it has done its work

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