The Life of a Great Sportsman 



that cannot be replaced. He was the kindest, and best of men, 

 and like no one else." 



"It must be some help to you to see how he is appreciated 

 and mourned, and it must help one to feel that everybody is 

 mourning for one, and with one. . . . Yours has been such 

 a perfect companionship." 



11 1 have known him so well since his boyhood. I shall 

 never look upon his like again. The world can ill afford to 

 lose such a man." 



" Please remember your sorrow is our sorrow too. He 

 leaves a great blank in the lives of all his friends, and we shall 

 not look upon his like again. One always quoted him as the 

 example of a perfect English gentleman, and a magnificent 

 sportsman. I am proud and grateful to have known him. We 

 shall mourn him long." 



"Your sorrow will be shared by many who will mourn for 

 him as one of her very best Englishmen." 



" We shall all mourn for Maunsell, but none more deeply 

 than his nearest neighbour." 



" A loss that will be felt by hundreds of Maunsell's friends 

 and admirers — I am proud to have been both." 



" Mr. Maunsell Richardson had been known to us for so 

 many years, that we became accustomed to regard him as a 

 personal friend. His portrait hangs in a prominent place here, 

 and will be doubly dear to us now that he is gone, and amongst 

 the number of those who will most keenly miss his genial 

 presence, I venture to say none can be more sincerely sorry 

 than I who have the honour to subscribe myself." 



The next extracts from letters express the deep sympathy 



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