Sir Morell Mackenzie; physician and operator; a memoir compiled and ed from private papers and personal reminiscences . f hislawn. In spite of his efforts, however, theweeds did not greatly decrease. He took sucha pride in his garden and in the result of anyimprovements, and often spoke of having blockedout a view of some unsightly cottages by arow of thriving poplar trees as one of the suc-cesses of my life. He had a great desire topossess every kind of ivy, and nothing pleasedhim more than to acquire a new variety. Hewas extremely abstemious, and the plainestpossible food pleased him best. F
Sir Morell Mackenzie; physician and operator; a memoir compiled and ed from private papers and personal reminiscences . f hislawn. In spite of his efforts, however, theweeds did not greatly decrease. He took sucha pride in his garden and in the result of anyimprovements, and often spoke of having blockedout a view of some unsightly cottages by arow of thriving poplar trees as one of the suc-cesses of my life. He had a great desire topossess every kind of ivy, and nothing pleasedhim more than to acquire a new variety. Hewas extremely abstemious, and the plainestpossible food pleased him best. For a man who had been constantly deceivedin those on whom he showered kindness he hada great belief in humanity. But of all menwith whom he had come in contact, his greatestadmiration was for the Emperor was something of hero-worship in hisdevotion to him, and he thought him the finest 122 LEISURE HOURS. character lie had ever known. The inscriptionwhich he placed under the Emperors photo-graph which always stood in his room, I shallnot look upon his like again/ was an expressionof his deep EMPEEOE.
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