. New Zealand rulers and statesmen from 1840 to 1897 . d is indefatigable in its pursuit. He isnaturally determined, but he is always ready to vary themeans to the attainment of the end, when he himselfconsiders that variation indispensable. He will not budgean inch if he thinks that he will be looked on as being led ;but as a leader he is energetic, versatile, and often loves a lub\rinth to which he thinks that he aloneholds the clue. One great gift he has is the wonderfulvigour of his mind. Even when crippled by painfulillness, he is able to concentrate his mental faculties onthe mos
. New Zealand rulers and statesmen from 1840 to 1897 . d is indefatigable in its pursuit. He isnaturally determined, but he is always ready to vary themeans to the attainment of the end, when he himselfconsiders that variation indispensable. He will not budgean inch if he thinks that he will be looked on as being led ;but as a leader he is energetic, versatile, and often loves a lub\rinth to which he thinks that he aloneholds the clue. One great gift he has is the wonderfulvigour of his mind. Even when crippled by painfulillness, he is able to concentrate his mental faculties onthe most difficult questions with as much apparent ease Sir Julius Vogel T87 as if he were in the enjoyment of perfect of his gifts is his close practical observation ofmen and things. Fond as he is of his own way, he seldomforgets to learn, and to turn his lesson to the best knowledge of figures is almost instinctive, and hedelights in abstruse calculations. His political failingsare over-fondness of personal power and of popular. Sir Julius \ ogul, adulation, proclivity to self-show, and too greatspeculativeness. He is apt to become a dictator indisguise, and there is in his nature a dangerous love ofexperimental politics. Though occasionally tedious inset speeches, he is excellent in debate, and often makescapital points. Clear, logical, and plausible, he puts acase well, and hits hard in attack and defence, cheerfully 188 Ncio Zealand Rulers and Statesmen taking liard hits in return. Opposition does not makehim vindictive, and he never bears pohtical maHce. Practically, during his public career in New Zealand,Sir Julius Vogel has proved his great political grasp of his mind is comprehensive, and its fore-sight is great; and, wild as some of his conceptions seemedto many at first, not a few have proved themselves to con-tain much that is useful and statesmanlike. His namewill be always gratefully associated in the minds of manywith t
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