The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-02


was staying at Dalmeny n 1879 he kind
" consented to sit for his ubst. The
only difficulty was that there was no
time for sittings. so the sculptor with
his clay model was placed opposite Mr..
Gladstone as he worked, and they spent
the mornings to gether. Mr.. Gladstone
writing away and the clay figure of him
self less than yard off, gradually as
Stunning shape and form. Anything more
distracting I cannot conceive, but it had
no effect on the busy patient.
And now let me make short digres-
sion. I saw recently IN the newspapers
that there was some complaint CT the
manners of the rising generation in Glas-
cow. II that be so, they are needless Of
Mr.. Gladstone's example. II might be
thought that so impetuous q temper as
his might be occasionally rough or
abrupt That was not so. His exquisite
urbanity was one OF his mcse conspicz-
Gus graces. I Go not now only allude to
that grave, old-wcrld courtesy which
gave so much distinction to his private
life, for his sweetness OF manner went
far beyond demeanor. His spoken words
and his letters, even when one differed
from his most acutely. were all marked
by this special note. he did not Ike peo-
pie TO disagree with hin-few people do
but, so far as manner went. it WAS
more pleasant 10 disagree with mr.. Glad
stone than to be in agreement with some
others.
Lastly, I come to his courage. That.
perhaps, was his greatest quality. for
when he gave his heart and reason to
2 cause, he never counted the cost. Most
men are physically brave. and this nation
Is reputed TO be especially brave, but
Mr.. Gladstone was brave among the
brave. He had to end the vitality of ply
seal courage. When vel on Ia his ninth
decade. wei on to ninety. he vas knock
cd over By n cab. and before the by
ISLANDERS could rally 10 his assistance, he
had pursued the cab with a view 10 tax
ing its number. Re had too, VIGOROUSLY,
political courage in q not less degree
than Sir Robert Walpole. eW read that
George II, who was little given TO enthu-
siasms, would often cry out with coio~
flushing into his cheeks ard ters some
times in his eyes, and with q vehement
cat, He C8alpole) is a brave fellow; he
lad more spirit than any man ever
knew Mr. Gladstone did not yield TO
Walpoie in political and Parliamentary
courage. It was quality which he close
~ observed in others and on which he
was found Of descanting. but he had the
rarest and choicest courage OF all mean
moral courage That was his supreme
characteristic. and it was with him like
the others from the first.
a contemporary of his AZ Eton once
told me Of scene AZ which my inform
aat was present when. some loose or in
toast was proposed, and ali pres
ent drank it but young Gladstone. In
spite of the storm Of objurgation and rid
icule that ragged around him. he damned
lis face, as it were. down in his hands
on the table and would not bulge. Every
schoolboy Enows-for we may here &C
use Macaulay's well-known eX-
pTession-every scheolboy knows the
courage that this implies. and even by
the needless generation of boyhood it
was appreciated. for we find an Etonian
writing to his parents TO ask that he
might go to oxford rather than Cam
fridge. on the sole ground that at OK
ford he would have thei priceless advan-
tage of Gladstone's influence and exam
pie Nor did his courage ever flag. He
might be right, or he might be wrong
that is not the question here-but when 1
be was convinced that ne was right. not /
all the combined powers Of Parliament /
Or society or the multitude could FOR an I
instant hinder his course, whether it end /
ed in success or failure. uccess left him /
calm; ne had had so much of it. Nor /
did failures greatly depress him; the |
next morning found him once more fac !
ing the world with serene and undauntod |
brow There was man.
THE nation has lost him, but Pre-
serves his character, his manhood, as |
model on which she may form. If she be
fortunate. coming generations OF men /
Kith his politics. with his theology, with /
his manifold grace and gifts Of intellect, I
we are not concerned today. not even /
with his warm and passionate human |
svmpathiss. They are not dead with him. |
but let them rest with him, for We can /
rot in one discourse view him in all his .
parts. Today IL is enough TO have dealt T
for a moment on three Of his great moral /
enough TO have snatched T
from the fleeing hours a few moments /
Of communion with the uikhty dead HIS I
tory has not yet allotted him his definite /
place, but no one would would now t
deny that he bequeathed pure standard I
II life. "a record of lofty ambition for the I
public good IS he understood IT, nonu-
7-cnt of lifelong labor. Such lives spoke
for themselves. They need no statues.
they face the future with the confidence
IF high purpose and endeavor. The stat
Ies are not for them but for us-to bid
is be conscious of our trust mindful Of
1ur duty scornfGl OF opposition 10 pTin-
.iple and faith. They srmon US to &C
count for time and opportunity. They
sm6ody an inspiring tradition. They are
niiestones in the life of a nation The
stfgy of Pcmpey was bathed in the blood
If his great rival; let this statue have the
lobler Destiny Of constantly calling 70
ife worthy rivals OF Gladstone's fame
md character.
GENERAL GlLLlSPIES REPORT