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but the Edinburgh was selling splendidly ("the first edition 

 in 5 days, the second going off rapidly "), and Brougham 

 was already in full sail upon what turned out to be a 

 really memorable career. Henceforth, there was a 

 distinct gulf between them on public matters ; but 

 not wide enough to break their friendship. 



Brougham's memorial of his old friend, in the form 

 of an essay upon his life and doings and his services to 

 the country, is proof of the very high regard and affection 

 he had for Banks. Apart from the necessary rhetoric, 

 its pages breathe the truest personal sentiment toward 

 him, while they record the achievements of " a life 

 devoted to the love of wisdom." 



