text:  "_No es ridiculo_ " said he "_estar para siempre el mismo?_" Is it not ridiculous to be always the same? But though he managed to get on while in opposition--and even by a certain amount of impassioned energy and satirical _verve_ to place himself at the head of a party of young members who although not exceeding fifty in number turned the scale in many parliamentary contests--his incapacity became glaringly apparent as soon as he took office