Essay
"The pen is mightier than the sword" Most paradoxes are clever rather than true, but there is enough to be said for this one to give it at least the color of truth. Lord Lytton was a prolific and popular Victorian author, but well aware of his limited powers, not to claim originality for what is clearly an ancient aphorism. His play 'Richelieu' of 1839, at any rate, defines the interpretation, he himself would have put on it. Richelieu adroitly saved himself from his enemies and scored them off