The life and letters of Herbert Spencer . s more ready to conform than todissent. With the intellectual pursuits of her husband orher son she liad little sympathy, and being absolutelysincere she could not pretend to an interest she did notfeel. Though she cared little for literature, her style wasclear and not wanting in felicities of expression. Evennessand sweetness of temper, conscientiousness in the dischargeof duties, readiness to sacrifice herself for others, were life-long characteristics. In her journal, chapel news andpreachers bulk largely. One of the entries would haveheld good for
The life and letters of Herbert Spencer . s more ready to conform than todissent. With the intellectual pursuits of her husband orher son she liad little sympathy, and being absolutelysincere she could not pretend to an interest she did notfeel. Though she cared little for literature, her style wasclear and not wanting in felicities of expression. Evennessand sweetness of temper, conscientiousness in the dischargeof duties, readiness to sacrifice herself for others, were life-long characteristics. In her journal, chapel news andpreachers bulk largely. One of the entries would haveheld good for every Sunday in her grown up life : Ishould not like to miss going to chapel, it would not seemat .ill like Sunday. Although her husband was not want-ing in tender solicitude for her, the advent of ill-healthand straightened means tended to cloud their domestichappiness. The manifestations of affection were oftenobscured—on her side by want of sympathy with his intel-lectual pursuits, on his side by an exacting and .V(>. 27 EXETER STREET, DERBY. CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD AXD YOUTH. (April, 1820—Xoveiuber, 1837.) The house in which George Spencer and his wifebegan their married hfe, and in which their son hrst sawthe hght on April 27, 1820, was 12, Exeter Row^ now 27,Exeter Street, the fourth entry from the Exeter Arms. Inthe baptism and naming of the child his father was not aman to be led by custom. Yet he was alive to the bearmgof his non-conforming attitude on the future of his it was suggested by his brother Thomas that thebaptism should take place in church, as it might be ofimportance to the boy hereafter to be in the Parish Register,he wrote : I almost feel inclined to ask S— [the incum-bent of St. Peters Church] if it would be allowed toregister the birth of a child in the Parish Register, withouthaving him baptized. And so to have him baptized atthe chapel. The ceremony was performed on June 19by John Kershaw, birth and baptism being
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