300 LIFE OF SIR JOHN LUBBOCK oh. 



" still lame." He goes on : " An American named 

 Hittel has been making a book on morality. He 

 dwells principally on seven moralists, whom for 

 short he indicates by initials thus — A, Marcus 

 Aurelius ; B, Bentham ; C, Cicero ; E, Emerson ; 

 F, Franklin ; L, Lubbock ; S, Seneca." Sir 

 John, in making this entry, puts a very large note 

 of admiration after " Lubbock," at finding himself 

 in this company. 



On the 29th he records : " Got a boot on for 

 the first time. London County Council meeting. 

 Then to House, both Half-Holidays being down, 

 but Tanner talked them out." Nevertheless, 

 in spite of his personal pain and Dr. Tanner's 

 loquacity, he is able to note on the following day, 

 being his birthday, that " I have great causes for 

 thankfulness." 



On July 15 Lord Rosebery resigned the 

 Chairmanship of the London County Council, 

 and the Committee of the Progressives proposed 

 to put forward Lord Ripon. It was found, 

 however, that some of the Progressives were 

 determined to support Sir John Lubbock, and as 

 it was known that he would have the unanimous 

 vote of the Moderates, it was clear that Lord 

 Ripon must be defeated. Naturally, therefore, 

 he declined to allow himself to be nominated. 

 The extreme Radicals, though they put forward 

 no candidate of their own, saw fit to vote against 

 Sir John. He was elected on July 22 by 63 votes 

 to 30. The organs of the extreme Left, however, 

 protested that he was only a locum tenens and 

 that they would turn him out at the annual 

 election in November. All this was not very 



