. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . upon foundations which hadbeen laid before this. It was his eloquence which had attractedSir Eobert Peels attention ; and in 1835, the Duke of Bucking-ham and Chandos had written in his Memoirs, regarding a pointat issue: If argument could have done it, they must have succeeded; furamong the speakers on their side were Sir Edward Knatchbull,Sir James Graham, Sir Eobert Inglis, Lord Stanley, Mr. W. , Sir William Follett, Mr. Praed, and Mr. Goulburn. So that barely two years after his entrance on the scenes atSt. Stephens we find h
. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . upon foundations which hadbeen laid before this. It was his eloquence which had attractedSir Eobert Peels attention ; and in 1835, the Duke of Bucking-ham and Chandos had written in his Memoirs, regarding a pointat issue: If argument could have done it, they must have succeeded; furamong the speakers on their side were Sir Edward Knatchbull,Sir James Graham, Sir Eobert Inglis, Lord Stanley, Mr. W. , Sir William Follett, Mr. Praed, and Mr. Goulburn. So that barely two years after his entrance on the scenes atSt. Stephens we find his name not the last that suggested itselfwhen a close observer of political events counted over those sup-porters of the Ministry who were remarkable for their elo-quence. Mr. Gladstone had at this time already appeared before thepublic as aii author. To him the Edinburgh Review paid this trib-ute, which came from Macaulays pen : The author of this volume is a young man of unblemishedcharacter, and of distinguished parliamentary talents, the rising. Queen Victoria in her Coronation Robes, 1§37, 84 Early Official Life. hope of those stern and unbending Tories who follow, reluctant-ly and mutinously, a leader whose experience and eloquence areindispensable to them, but whose cautious temper and moderateopinions they abhor. It would not be at all strange if Mr. Glad-stone were one of the most unpopular men in England. But webelieve that we do him no more than justice when we say that hisabilities and demeanor have obtained for him the respect andgood will of all parties. His first appearance in the characterof an author is therefore an interesting event; and it is naturalthat the gentle wishes of the public should go with him to histrial. * * * * We dissent from his opinions, but we admire histalents; we respect his integrity and benevolence; and we hopethat he will not suffer political avocation so entirely to engrosshim as to leave him no leisure for literature or philosophy.
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