Little journeys to the homes of the great . /? ALFRED TENNYSON ALFRED TENNYSON. HE grandfather of Tennyson hadtwo sons, the elder boy, accordingto Clement Scott, being bothwilful and commonplace. Now, ofcourse, the property and honors andtitles, according to the law of Eng-land, would all gravitate to thecommonplace boy; and the secondson, who was competent, dutiful and worthy, would beout in the cold world—simply because he was acciden-tally born second and not first. It was not his fault thathe was born second, and it was in no wise to the credit ofthe other that he was born first. So the fa
Little journeys to the homes of the great . /? ALFRED TENNYSON ALFRED TENNYSON. HE grandfather of Tennyson hadtwo sons, the elder boy, accordingto Clement Scott, being bothwilful and commonplace. Now, ofcourse, the property and honors andtitles, according to the law of Eng-land, would all gravitate to thecommonplace boy; and the secondson, who was competent, dutiful and worthy, would beout in the cold world—simply because he was acciden-tally born second and not first. It was not his fault thathe was born second, and it was in no wise to the credit ofthe other that he was born first. So the father, seeing that the elder boy had smallexecutive capacity, and no appreciation of a GoodThing, disinherited him, giving him, however, a generousallowance, but letting the titles go to the second boy,who was bright and brave and withal a right manlyfellow 53 53 Personally, I m glad the honors went to the best Hallam Tennyson, son of the poet, sees only rankinjustice in the action of his ancestor, who deliberatelyset his own opinion of right and justice against pre
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