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CHAPTEE V 



Some Extracts from Lord Lilford's later Diaries Birth of his 

 Grandson in 1896 Death in June 1896 His Services to 

 Ornithology His Liberality Letter from H. E. Dresser 

 Recollections by Dr. Drewitt 



' Fair Soul, who in this faltering age did show, 



Manhood's true image, constant, courteous, pure, 

 In silence strong to do, and to endure ; 



'Neath self-suppression, veiling inner glow, 

 Justice at one with gentleness.' 



LIMITATION, in some direction, seems to be the 

 condition on which most human lives are held. 

 CM vo y non po ; chi po, non vo, which, in lengthy 

 paraphrase, may be rendered ' Who has will, has 

 not power ; who has power, has not will.* The 

 limitation lies in the circumstances, or in the 

 want of desire. My brother was one of those 

 * who willed, but could not,' and the limitation 

 arose from the hampering effects of ill-health. 

 To a man with a ruling passion, and a passion 

 which in his case would have made his life an 



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