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already represented, Goldsmith obtained his place 

 on the score of his supposed scientific attain- 

 ments, as being the author of a book, ' Animated 

 Nature,' which was merely a translation of Buffon's 

 4 Natural History/ 



At Owen's first dinner at ' The Club ' the 

 question was raised by Lord Clarendon whether 

 Cromwell ought to have a place amongst the 

 monuments of the kings and queens of England in 

 Westminster Hall, and was to be decided by each 

 member giving his opinion and reasons in turn. 

 Owen, as the youngest member, had to give 

 his opinion first, somewhat to his dismay. But 

 fortunately for him he was a great lover of 

 Milton, and, having a very retentive memory, 

 remembered his ' Ode to Cromwell,' and so re- 

 plied that Cromwell already had a monument in 

 men's minds in Milton's words — 



Cromwell, our chief of men, who, through a cloud 



Not of war only, but detractions rude, 



Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, 



To peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd, &c. 



We have a description of a dinner at ' The 

 Literary Society,' on July 4 : — 



' It was 3 as it always is, a very delightful 

 meeting — Sir R. Inglis, Chev. Bunsen, Baron 

 Alderson, Bishop of Lichfield, Sir J. Barrow, 

 Sir R. Westmacott, the octogenarian tutor to 

 Lord Melville, who lives in Greek, Col. Leake, 

 the antiquarian of Athens, Mr. Eastlake, Mr. 



