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from the Bench with his dying breath. " If 

 I were to be asked," said he, " what is the 

 great fault of English society, I would say in 

 one word that it is the want of sympathy 

 between class and class." In like manner, 

 no words were more frequently upon George 

 Moore's lips than these : — " Sympathy is the 

 grandest word in the English language. It 

 contains within it a gospel sufficient to 

 renovate the world." Who can doubt that 

 in his case it was largely promoted and en- 

 couraged by the ardour and heart with which 

 he threw himself into manly sports and 

 amusements, which made him " hail fellow, 

 well met," with all sorts and conditions of 

 men — a trait which he shared to the full with 

 his friend and admirer, the hero of this book. 



