438 POLITICS. [1822. 



'' Mr Brougham lias struggled nobly for civil and 

 religious liberty, and is fully entitled to tlie celebrated 

 eulogy bestowed by Lucan upon Cato 



' Victrix causa Diis placuit, scd Yicta Catoni.' 



How others may feel I know not, but for my own 

 part I would much rather be in his situation than in 

 that of his two victorious opponents ; notwithstand- 

 ing the cold discouraging maxim of Epictetus, which 

 is calculated to check every virtuous effort 



elvai 8iWcrcu, lav ei? ju??SeVa ayaW 

 ov OVK <TTLV ITTL croi viKTJcraL.'" 

 " He will not, I hope, suffer from his exertions, ex- 

 traordinary in every way : I respect exceedingly his 

 fine abilities, and the purpose to which he applies 

 them. 



" Eemember me kindly to Mrs Howard and your 

 son, and believe me sincerely your affectionate and 

 oblied HENRY NORWICH." 





As Cato owed Lucan's panegyric to the firmness 

 he had shown in adhering to the losing cause, and 

 to his steadfastness to the principles he had adopted, 

 so I considered the Bishop's application of the lines to 

 me as highly complimentary. 



TO EAEL GEEY. 



"February 14, 1822. 



" DEAR LORD GREY, I do assure you that nothing 

 could exceed the success of last niii'ht unless we had 



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* You may be invincible if you never go down into the arena when 

 v<m are not secure of victory. Enchiridion, c. xxv. 



