234 FOTHERGILL AS PHILANTHROPIST CH. xvi 



His own fame had no part amongst the motives of his 

 life ; indeed, so far as a man can be said to lose sight of 

 himself, Fothergill had done so. The love which most 

 men give to wife or children he gave to all his fellows, and 

 the clear mind and steadfast will availed to make that 

 love fruitful in word and deed. 1 



1 " Some pleasant anecdotes illustrative of Fothergill's benevolence " are 

 in one of the Strachey MSS. ; unfortunately Lord Strachie's obliging efforts 

 have failed to find the MS. Hist. MSS. Comm. vi. 403. 



