The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-06

with such restless sensitiveness, the utmost
inability to let nature have fair play with him.
do not remember that a word ever came from
him betokening clear recognition or healthy
free sympathy with anything. One must
really let lhim alone till the prayers one
does offer for him (pure hearted, earnest
creature that he isl begin to take effect
WALTER SAVAGE LANDoR. 1855.
He was really stirring company; proud.
very dignifed old man; quite ducal or royal
man in the temper of him; reminded me some
thing of old Sterling. except that for Irish blar
ney you must substitute fund of Welsh choler
DUKE OF WELLINGTON. 1850.
By far the NEST interesting figure present was
the old Duke of Wellington, who appeared be-
tween II and |, and slowly glided through the
seen till now how beautiful, and what an ex-
preston of graceful simplicity, veracity and
nobleness there is about the old hero when you
see him close at hand. His very size had hith-
erto deceived me. He is a shortish, slightish
figure, about five feet eight, of good breadth
however. and all muscle and bone. His legs, 1
think, must be the short part Of him, for certain
ly on horseback have always taken him to be
tall. Eyes beautiful light blue, full of mind
valor, with infinitely more faculty and geniality
than lad fancied before; the face wholly gen
tie, wise, valiant and venerable. The voice. too
as | again heard, is ''aquine,r clear perfectly
equable-uncracked, that is-and perhaps al
most musical. Eighty two, l understand
The same. 1852.
1t is. indeed, sad and solemn fact for Eng
land that such man has been called away, the
last perfectly honest and perfectly brave public
man they have
JOHN STUART MILL. 1891
This young Mill, fancy and hope, is "bay-
ing you can love- A slender rather tall and
elegant youth, with small, clear, Roman nosed
two ac%1x,
remarkably gifted with precision of utterance,
enthusiastic, yet lucid calm, not a great, yet
distinctly gifted and amiable youth.
The 1895.
Mill is very friendly He is the uearesI ap-
proach to a real man that l find here-nay, as
unhappiy not very satisfactory much further.
1t is next to an impossibility that a London
born man should not be stunted one.
The same 1873.
You have lost nothing by losing the auto
biography of Mill. 1t is wholly the life of a
it than if it had been done by thing of
mechanical iron. Autobiography Of a steam
engine, perhaps, you may sometime read it.
AS a mournful, psychical curiosity but in no
other point of view, can it interest anybody.
The thought of poor Mill, and of his life and his
tory in this muddy world gives me real pain and
sorrow.
ALFRED TENNYsoN 1840
A fine, Ia-gefeatured. dim-eyed bronze-headed
man is Alfred, dusty, smoky. free and easy who
swims outwardy and inwardly with great COM
posure in an inarticulate element of tranquil
chaos and tobacco smoke, great now and then
when he does emerge most restful, brotherly
solid hearted man.
ARTHUR CLoUGH 1860
quite agree in what you say of poor Clough.
A man more vivid, ingenious, veracious mildly
radiant, have seldom met with, and in char
acter so honest. modest, kindly expected very
considerable things of him.
MoNcURE D. CONWAY 1868
Lecture done, 1 hurried away, joined by Con-
way. American niger friend, innocent and
patient.
CARDINAL NEWMAN. 1861.
Cardinal Newman" (he once said to me) ''had
not the intellect of a moderate sized rabbit
CHARLES DICKENS. 1910
He is fine little felow-Boz-I think Clear
blue. intelligent eyes, eyebrows that he arches
amazingly large. protrusive, rather loose mouth,
a face of most extreme mobility which he shut
ties about-eyebrows, eyes, mouth, and all-in
very singular manner while speaking Sur
mount this with loose coil of common -colored
hair and set it on small. compact figure very
small, and dressed la DOrsay rather than we'll
this is Pickwick.
COUNT DORSAY. 1899
About fortnight ago this Phebus Apollo of
dandyism escorted by Chorey, came whirling
hither in chariot that struck all Chelsea into
mute amazement with splendor. Chorleys un-
der-jaw went like the hopper or under riddle of
pair Of tanners, such was his terror at bring
ing such splendor into actual contact with such
grimness. Nevertheless we did amazingly
we'll, the Count and |. He is tall fellow of six
feet three built like a tower, with floods Of dark
auburn hair, with beauty, with an adornment
unsurpassable on this planet; withal rather
substantial fellow at bottom by no means
without insight, without fun and sort of rough
sarcasm rather striking out of such porcelain
figure. Jane laughed for two days at the con-
trast CT my plain dressing gown, bilious. iron
countenaace, and this Paphan apparition.
SAMUEL TAYLOR coLERIDGE. 1885
Coleridge's Table Talk insignificant vet ex-
pressive of Colerdge; great possibility that
has not realized itself. Never did I see such
apparatus got ready for thinking and so little
thought He mounts scaffoding puleys. and
tackle gathers all the tools in the neighborhood
with labor, with noise, demonstration, abuse
and sets-three bricks. l 90 not honor the
man. pity him with the opposite of con-
tempt): see in him one glorious up struggling
ray las itwere) which perished, all but ineffect
ual In lax, languid, impotent character.
LEIGH HUNT. 1884
He is man of thoroughly London make, such
as you could not find elsewhere, and | think
about the best possible to be made out of his
sort; an airy, crochety, most copious, clever
talker. with an honest undercurrent of reason
too His hair is grizzled, eyes black hazel com
plexon Of the clearest dusky brown, a thin
glimmef of a smile plays over face of cast
iron gravity. He never laughs, can only litter,
which l think indicates his worst deficiency
LORD MACAULAY 184S
Niagara of eloquent, commonplace talk from
Macaulay. Very good -natured man. man
cased in official mail of proof; stood my mpa-
tent fire explosions with much patience merely
Kissing little steam up, and continued his
Niagara. Essentially. irremedable, common
place nature of the man; all that was in him
now gone to tongue; a great, thick-set low
browed, short. erzzled little man of fifty. These
be thy gods, oh Israeli
JOHN STERLING. 1888.
Sterling particularly argumentative babbla-
tive, and, on the whole, unpleasant and unprofit
able to me. Memorandum, not to dine where he
is soon, without cause. He is much spoiled
since last year hv really no oraat nun fit,- of