Review of reviews and world's work . to his party. He is always making his enemiessick with despairing jealousy. He is the great polit-ical evergreen, who seems, even in his political life, tohave borrowed something of immortality from thefame which he has won. He has long been the GrandOld Man. If he lives much longer he bids fair to beknown as the immortal old man in more senses thanone. ADMIRABLE CPICHTON REDIVTVUS. Of Mm, as of Cleopatra, it may be said that agecannot wither nor custom stale his infinite is, no doubt, at present absorbed in Home is and always has been, i
Review of reviews and world's work . to his party. He is always making his enemiessick with despairing jealousy. He is the great polit-ical evergreen, who seems, even in his political life, tohave borrowed something of immortality from thefame which he has won. He has long been the GrandOld Man. If he lives much longer he bids fair to beknown as the immortal old man in more senses thanone. ADMIRABLE CPICHTON REDIVTVUS. Of Mm, as of Cleopatra, it may be said that agecannot wither nor custom stale his infinite is, no doubt, at present absorbed in Home is and always has been, in one sense, a man of oneidea. But while he is seemingly absorbed in the pur-suit of one set object, he is all the while making adiligent understudy of other questions, with which hewill ere long astonish the world with his cotild probably amaze Mr. Sidney Webb at thismoment by his familiarity with the eight hours ques-tion, and could give the London County Councilinvaluable hints as to the best method of replenishing. MR. GLADSTONES LONDON HOME. GLADSTONE: A CHARACTER SKETCH. 439 its impoverished exchequer. Even when apparentlyconsumed by his preoccupation about Ireland or Bul-garia, he snatches time to review Ecce Homo, todiscourse on the gods, or to write essaysabout Marie Bashkirtseff. He is a wonderful all-Toiind man. No one can stand up to him in a fairfight and not be rolled over in the first or secondround. He is the veritable Lancelot of the Par-liamentary arena, and before his imerring lance everycrest goes down. He may not do everything he putshis hand to better than any other man who makesthat si)ecial tiling the sole stvidy of a lifetime, but hedoes m*ore thuigs better than any other li\Tng some tilings he does supremely well, as well as ifhe had spent Ms whole life in acquiring mastery ofthe art. As a financier and as a popular orator hestands unrivaled. HIS PLUCK AND STAYING POWER. Another great secret of his popularity is his mar-
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