CHAPTER XXXI 



CHARACTER OF FOTHERGILL 



The great business of man as a member of society is to be as useful 

 to it as possible in whatsoever department he may be stationed. 

 Dr. J. FOTHERGILL. 



Gratia studet sub Deo semper vivere, stare et esse : atque propter 

 Deum omni humanae creaturae humiliter parata est inclinari. THOMAS 

 A KEMPIS. 



Temperance, in the nobler sense, does not mean a subdued or 

 imperfect energy : it does not mean a stopping short in any good 

 thing ; but it means the power which governs the most intense energy, 

 and prevents its acting in any way but as it ought. RUSKIN. 



The servant of a tender conscience, who has learned to love all 

 beauty, to hate all vileness, to respect others as himself. HUXLEY. 



THE present work has been written to little purpose if the 

 character of Fothergill has not already been made mani- 

 fest. But something may here be added on the personal 

 side, with an attempt to gather up leading traits, so as to 

 present a picture of him as he was. 



In person Fothergill was of medium height and of a 

 slender and delicate build. The expression of his counte- 

 nance was alert, and every line seemed to indicate 

 character. His forehead was large ; his eyes light coloured, 

 penetrating and with a peculiar brilliancy ; his nose 

 rather aquiline ; his mouth betokened delicacy and 

 refinement of feeling, and the whole countenance a 

 sensitiveness bordering on irritability. 



His habit was very active ; he leaned forward a little 

 when walking in the streets. There was some stiffness 

 in his address, and he had not the frank social manner of 

 his friend Lettsom, the possession of which would have 

 saved him from some misunderstandings. Yet the stiff 



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