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which frequently occurs in them has become a 
memory to his friends—I allude to W. Winwood 
Reade, and I deplore his loss. The highest type of 
Englishman,brave and fearless as he was gentle and 
loving, his short life of thirty-seven years shows 
how much may be done by the honest, thorough 
worker. He had emphatically the courage of his 
opinions, and he towered a cubit above the crowd 
by telling not only the truth, as most of us do, but 
the whole truth, which so few can afford to do. 
His personal courage in battle during the Ashanti 
campaign, where the author of “ Savage Africa” 
became correspondent of the “ Times,” is a 
matter of history. His noble candour in publish¬ 
ing the “ Martyrdom of Man ” is an example and 
a model to us who survive him. And he died 
calmly and courageously as he lived, died in har¬ 
ness, died as he had resolved to die, like the good 
and gallant gentleman of ancient lineage that he 
was. 
