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that was being supplanted could be grafted on and exemplified 

 by the men who brought forth and moulded the better age. 

 No feudal lord could have set open his doors ard offered 

 his resources to the retaine s of generations in th3 way he 

 provided for those that laboured under his directions. The 

 new era had, as it were, from the first a grace and benevolence 

 that other social forms had never known, or known only in 

 decay ; and it owed, and owes, it to the personal characters of 

 the men who laid its foundations, and not least to him whose 

 removal we deplore. He was always seen to advantage among 

 the people, surrounded by them, making his way among them, 

 and through the path that they, with native courtesy, made for 

 him. He treated them more at last as a benevolent and large- 

 hearted father treats his children than as an employer treats his 

 servants, or a leader his followers.' 



There were other memorial services conducted in the name 

 of the deceased, but his truest claim to remembrance rests with 

 the manly rectitude of his life, with its Christian benevolence 

 and unequalled manufacturing enterprise, which led to such 

 legitimate success. 



