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to obey it. He possessed the true knowledge 

 which engenders the spirit of discipline ; so he 

 never repined, or complained of the hardships of 

 his lot, but always dwelt on the compensations 

 which had been vouchsafed him the love by 

 which he was surrounded, the interests which he 

 could always satisfy. I remember him saying 

 to me, ' There are those who think it dull to live 

 always in the country. I never move from 

 home, and for six months of each year I am 

 obliged to remain shut up indoors. But I never 

 find the time hang heavy on my hands. My 

 books, my birds, my letters, converse with 

 friends, and the business of my estates fill up 

 all my time, and leave me no moment unoccu- 

 pied.' Sometimes I had an opportunity of 

 knowing how careful he was in all that he did, 

 how generous and how considerate of others. 

 His correspondence had many ramifications, and 

 his beneficence was boundless. But in this, as 



in all else, he was chivalrous as well as wise 



he did not like his generosity to be known. 



