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Had he been a soldier, and suffered thus for the sake of his 

 country, how great would have been the honour that would 

 have rewarded so deep a devotion ! But he was the soldier 

 of no country : he was the soldier of humanity and truth 

 alone. To my pen falls the lot of vindicating the memory 

 of one who, if he had laboured to destroy his fellow-men 

 instead of to enlighten them, would have received all the 

 glories of a national hero. 



H. E. 



