CHAPTER XI

Literary work--'Tancred; or, the New Crusade'--Modern philosophy--The 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation'--'Life of Lord George Bentinck'--Disraeli's religious views--Revelation as opposed to Science--Dislike and dread of Rationalism--Religion and statesmanship--The national creed the supplement of the national law--Speech in the theatre at Oxford--Disraeli on the side of the angels 165