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the kindliest of hearts. Although striving as much 

 as lay in him to live peaceably with all men, he 

 was the last man in the world to have, or to wish 

 for, peace at any price. He looked upon fighting in 

 a good and righteous cause as a solemn duty, and 

 when once he was convinced that the position he 

 took up was worth contending for he would never 

 give it up. If at times the weapons he used were 

 thought by some to be too sharply pointed, he would 

 justify his words by the circumstances of the case ; 

 and he seldom saw fit to modify the language he 

 used in attacking any evil, of the wrongness of 

 which he was thoroughly convinced. His methods 

 naturally raised up many adversaries against him, 

 which he for the most part looked upon as a good 

 sign ; as he said in one of his letters, he regarded 

 it as an honour to be abused by certain people. 

 " Woe unto you when all men speak well of you," 

 was a warning of which he for one most fully felt 

 the force. He had a keen insight into character, 

 and was quick, as we say in Yorkshire, in " reckon- 

 ing a man up." 



Sometimes, no doubt, matters of discussion as- 

 sumed an importance in his eyes out of proportion 

 to their real worth ; but then the point in dispute 

 involved some principle, and therefore had to be 

 fought out to the end. Even in his younger days 

 this was noticeable ; instances of it might be given 

 from the time soon after his leaving college, when 

 he kept up a frequent correspondence with his old 

 friend, Mr. ]. C. Dale, mainly on entomological 



