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poetic. So much poetic charm and vital individuality went to the 
making of his best prose work, that his fame was carried to the 
ends of the English-speaking world. His genius was religious , 
but it was religious genius — the genius of insight and unique 
performance. 
Passing from his work to his personality, one must emphatically 
say that the man was more than his work, his character greater 
than his performance. The chief feature of that character was an 
essential nobility of mind, in which respect Dr Matheson stood far 
above the level of most distinguished men. He was withal genial 
and companionable to a high degree. Suddenly, but peacefully, 
he was, on the 28 th of August, withdrawn into the mystic, eternal 
shadows. Brave in spirit and strenuous in endeavour to the last, 
his life remains an example and an inspiration. 
