The life and letters of James Wolfe . i:hing that concerns you to know—be assured of the earliestintelligence. I have the honour to be, AVith the highest esteem, Sir, Your most obedient and faithful Humble servant, J. Wolfe. So far, therefore, in the relations between Wolfe and To^^Tishendall was well. Unhappily, this cordiality was not destined tocontinue. So high stands Wolfes name that, as Wright points out, noincident in his life which does not accord with popular estimationof his character, is ever related without a doubt and an if we have been able in these pages to reveal an
The life and letters of James Wolfe . i:hing that concerns you to know—be assured of the earliestintelligence. I have the honour to be, AVith the highest esteem, Sir, Your most obedient and faithful Humble servant, J. Wolfe. So far, therefore, in the relations between Wolfe and To^^Tishendall was well. Unhappily, this cordiality was not destined tocontinue. So high stands Wolfes name that, as Wright points out, noincident in his life which does not accord with popular estimationof his character, is ever related without a doubt and an if we have been able in these pages to reveal anything ofWolfe, and he has been able in his letters to reveal anything of ^ Ladv Ferrers was Townshends BRIGADIER-GEXEKAL HOX. GEORGE TOWXSHEXDFrom, the portrait hy Thomas Hudion LORD TEMPLES STORY 415 himself, it is that he was intensely human, subject to error, notwithout vainglory, quick of temper, sanguine, emotional, vehe-ment to a fault. In short, we may with some confidence draw aparallel between Wolfe and the only warrior in English historywhose peculiar glory resembles his, Nelson, to discern the samefaults and the same virtues in each. Both were impatient; im-petuous : neither was averse to indulgence in that frankness of self-confidence, mistaken by duller spirits for gasconade. Both werefond of ladies society, both were the idols of their men, bothwere reckless in danger, both utterly fearless of death. BothWolfe and Nelson, too, had that alertness of mind which led themfrequently to say more than they meant, more at least than aphlegmatic man would have regarded as discreet. We may easilybelieve the story of the first and only meeting of the Duke ofWellington and Nelson in
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