446 POLITICAL CAREER. 



dread of superior ability, knowledge, or eloquence 

 possessed by an opponent, could make him afraid. 

 In common with some old friends who think with 

 me and are of the same opinion to one of whom I 

 am indebted for much valuable information in writ- 

 ing this chapter I have formed my estimate of 

 the nobility and magnanimity of Lord George's 

 character in consonance with what I have here 

 stated. Personal ambition, conceit, and vanity 

 he had none ; but, as he often showed in the 

 racing world, his self-reliance and fearlessness 

 were unbounded, and he would never trust any 

 other man to do what he could do himself. He 

 brought the same self - sacrificing spirit to bear 

 upon politics, and his life was the forfeit. In 

 his opinions he may, or may not, have been mis- 

 taken ; but that he held them with perfect disin- 

 terestedness, and without a thought of self, will be 

 denied by none who knew him as I was privileged 

 to do. 



