New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-08

/ Just seen him at the performance OF "IO-.
/ Dundreary." He had talk once with WORDS
/ worth. and in reporting it in his diary he savr
/ I'VE were agreed that a mans personal char.
acter ought to be the basis Of his politics-
With Gladstone personal character" Is ueys,
/ for moment out OF sight
| He had. as a man. no recollection OF bsl-s
loving or 4 winning child" but II must B.
| Immediately apparent TO the readers OF hs
/ biography that, even as a child he was q.
| ceptional and interesting. The successful Liz.
erpOOl merchant who was his father was a MAJ
| Of intellect and principle. who fulfilled all hs
/ life long two Of the first duties Of the goos
citizen in working steadfastIy for the welfar.
Of church and state The boy. therefore. grsE
up under the best possible influences. the sourt
instincts that were implicit in his nature being
developed with sympathy and wisdom Low.
| ing his parents with intense fervor, he re.
sponded without effort to everything that they
did with a view to training him to play az
| honorable and perhaps distinguished part =
the world. At the outset they seem. il Is trus
/ to have taken less than perfect care q
! his education. but he was soon sent to Eto-
and thenceforth nothing was spared to give
| him precisely the equipment he needed for Ia
| struggle with the world He entered the f.
nous public school in the days OF "Flogg1s'
| Keate. and he did not escape the favorite min
| istrations Of that formidable personage. But
1t is significant that he earned the s-ss
birching he received at Eton. rot By MS
chievOus conduct, but BY a piece OF indscrssi
good nature What is chiefly noticeable about
his public school career is its atnOsphere q
wide reading and enthusiastic talk on deep
topics with friends. like himself. grave beyond
their years FTsticUffs were familiar in ne
school at that time. and Gladstone appreciated
them. as he appreciated football and cricket
but it is in his thoughtful conversations win
Hallam and in the eager spirit that be brought
to the sessions Of the debating society that the
true Gladstone is to be discerned IN shOr-
while he was not in any sense a prig. the in
preston We get Of him in his boyhOOd is Of
character destined beyond al possibility Of
doubt to a career on a high plane
1t was the same at Oxford When preparing
for critical examination he went 10 his doctor
for help to bear the burden. and the doctor gave
him draughts to quiet his excitement, but. adds
Mr.. Morley, better than draushtS, he reaa
Wordsworth every day" and he cOnquered II
this. as in all his other enterprises, BY shes'
power of thinking. OF thought and OF feeling
indeed. he was. as young man. all compact
Ideas on religion seethed in his brain. He vas
deeply concerned as to his future, not only
this world. but in the next and felt his lndl-
vidual responsibilities weighing upon him az 81
age which for most men is age OF heedeS
delight in living. His mind at this FORMATIVE
period was nOurished by constant reading anu
when. Unexpectedly enough. the opp0rtun"
for him to enter Parliament arose. he TOOK "
his task as rich in culture rs in conscience INV
energy. a censOrious critic might smile al ~
idea of emphasizing the consciousness q
young politician willing TO stand for the rO''-
borough of Newark as the proteSe or the Du.
OF Newcastle, a leading representative or tAs %
corrupt Parliamentary regime But If even *
man who opposed him in that first nSAt Al "
polls could say. after hearing him. there =
great future before this youns man, IL w."
because Gladstone was so obviously IN em0V-
ment OF personal character" in the best s.
OF the phrase Il met the Duke of Newcastle
he told his constituents. upon the broad siO---
OF public principle. and upon that ground 1-O--
You return me to Parliament not meI''
because / am the Duke Of NewclstleS H.
but because both the man whom the duke
sent and the duke himself arr your mon.
was plain by the way. at this stage, tl'-' -
knew how to speak. using. il is true peINI'
too much Of that elabOrateness OF dictloh N"'
he never to abandon. but eNerciSiNs =
the skill of man born 20 address muLu'u-
From the start. Mr.. Morley tells U.s. ne
seriously studied "the devices Of speaA'
training We may aptly quote here the SET
suggestions on the art which he drew up ID -
seventies. noting that. as his biOgrapher PO---
out. the first and second Of the rules haFuS -
HIS Ovxr SfvIa