66 ESSAYS BIOGRAPHICAL AND CHEMICAL 



to escape the accusation of 'playing to the gallery/ 

 Graham pursued a happy mean, beloved by the few whom 

 he chose for his intimate friends, and esteemed and 

 respected by all. Of him, as of Faraday, it might have 

 been said with no shade of misgiving, ' He was a good and 

 a true man.' 



