The Life of a Great Sportsman 



with over a year between their respective ages. Indeed, my 

 eldest brother looked up to his " minor," especially when they 

 became older, as natures slightly weaker naturally admire and 

 depend upon those stronger than themselves. It has often 

 struck me that one of the most extraordinary factors proving 

 the soundness of my brother Maunsell's natural character was 

 that, spoilt as much as possible in his earliest days by an 

 adoring mother and grandmother, worshipped at school, 

 immensely admired at college, nearly always, in fact, " cock 

 of the walk " wherever he went, he remained unspoilt after 

 childhood's days of selfishness were passed, and in his early 

 youth, manhood, and to the end of his life, was one of the 

 most kindly, unselfish and unspoilt men that ever lived. 



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