Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-27
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ties and on account of her untiring assdui- ty in caring for their William. For fifty years they have been familiar with his abounding physical and mental activity, but at the last general election he performed such feats of physical endurance and mental prowess that the people, in astonishment, said he never would have done such things at his age had he not had Mrs. Gladstone to care for him. They will tell you how, at the last general election, he left Hawarden one winters morning, in company with his noble wife, for political campaign in Scotland Day after day he delivered daily three or four political speeches of great vigor and power. These orations were not merely the repet1- tion of the same address, but each one dealt with new subject or with new phase of the same subject. They were printed in every newspaper in Great Britain, and creat- ed such enthusiasm for his party and such distrust of the Conservative party that the election resulted in the complete overthrow of Beaconsfeld's government. He set the cold hearts of the Scots on fire by his ferv1d eloquence. and Lord Beaconsfeld wittily termed his campaign ''a pilgrimage of pas sion" Many of these speeches were deliver ed to vast crowds in the open air, but during the whole campaign Mrs. Gladstone remained by his side. At the close of each address she took charge of him. saw that he was kept out of drafts of air ard properly robed him with her own hands. In this way she kept
  the close of about twenty days she bought him back to their Hawarden home in good health and the virtual prime minister of Great Britain
 Gladstone's incomparable industry is shown in his manner of life at HawarAsn. | Soon after 8 o'clock each morning he walks l to his sons church and attends morning prayers. It is stated that when he is at home I the attendance in Hawarden church is doub- l led, and it is presumed that many go to see him and to hear the lessons read in the son. orous tones of the premier of England. | After breakfast until 2 p. m. he applies him. l self with all the ardor of youth to intellect ! ual work. After luncheon he spends some | time in conversation with family and friends, ! and when the westher is favorable he takes long walks or chops wood. He can toll ter 1 ribly, and with him no moment is allowed to pass unoccupied. Most people consider idle ness one of the beatitudes of heaven, but ! think he would rather place it among the 1 tortures of hell. Although there are many
 men in the Liberal party of great vigor and l intelligence yet he constitutes in himself the l soul, the heart and the beacon fire that lights
 the way and warns his party through and ! through. He is easily the foremost of living ! statesmen and hardly has pier in the annals l of history. He is unrivaled in statesmanshlp, I and has also the moral and intellectual equip
 ment of scholar and philosopher. He If the possessor of such a vast store of kpow
 ledge of every kind that he may properly be said to be at the summit of human intelli gence. He has 8 frame of adamant and {
 soul of fire. Fifty years ago he was the ris | ing hope of the stern and unbending Tories ! and to-day with over three score years anc l ten upon his head, he is the bright end rising
 star of progress and reform in the united | kingdom Whenever he speaks, whether 1T
 the Guildhall, House of Commons, Midlo
 thian, or on the hustings, he makes th'
 hearts of the people burn within them a'
 they listen to his bold, hopeful and passion | ate words.