Show A few days ago we copied from Byron calling Napoleon the greatest meanest of mankind Since then a multitude of correspondents have been telling us that we are off that tho quotation Is Popes that he said of Bacon The greatest brightest meanest of mankind We stand corrected cor-rected I was all due to an imperfect I I memory We had In mind that stanza 4 from Chlldc harold which begins There sunk tho greatest not tho worst t of mOl Vhoso spirit antithetically mixed Ono moment of tho mightiest and again On little objects with like llrmneas lmne c Extreme fn all things etc |