The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-22

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The following tribute to an III appreciated
statesman 10 well worth reproducing:
, silent and reserved, indeed. he was, but
bis voice when heated was unmistakably
| the voice Of sincerity and truth. With an
immense knowledge Of men and Of affairs,
he possessed penetrating observation, With
| the calmest and most measured Judgment,
There was an indefnable charm In him
which stole upon me, gradually at first,
hut which took entire possession Of me at
last. Absolute sincerity and truthfulness
OF character was the fundamental note In
q perfect harmony
Argyll's flvst speech WEI on this bill for
The admission Of jews TO Parliament by
exempting them from that part OF the
parliamentary oath which invoAed sthe
true faith Of q Christian q bill which had
but had always been thrown out by the
Lords. Our author was In favor Of leav-
ing constituencies free TO exercise their
own judgment as to the religion Of their
members. The speech seems TO have been
fairly we'll delivered and to have made q
good impression. Coincidentally with his
entrance into parliamentary life the young
Duke, feeling, perhaps, the expedienoy OF
COutuluiu8 al LiboAbOCtuAi training WllCl
had owed nothing to academic tuition,
formed the habit, never afterward wholly
abandoned, OF having always some literary
work on hand which should occupy q large
portion OF his thoughts. 1t was about
tho Same time thas he acquired a power
and . habit Of abstraction which during
tho rest Of his Life enabled him to dispense
entirely with any separate room for his own
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always wrote in the same room in which
my wife sat with her children. My work Of
composition, 50 far as thinking is concerned,
wal carried on at all times and In all places,
and the actual. writing was accomplished
with eaee In the quiet evenings which we
generally enjoyed in a retired country
lfe.' And again: Il was never disturbed
by hearing family conversations, but I
would have been disturbed, on the con-
trary, II I had been left alone. I mention
this feature in my intellectual and literary
work because I rather think II Ia peculiar.
1t accounts for my having written repeatedly
on subjects which seemed remote from my
better known pursuits.'
The Duke Of Argyll was but IS when 10
ls4s he published a book entitled AN essay
Critical and Historical, on the Eoclesias-
tical History Of Scotland since tho Refor-
nation It was this work that first
brought him into personal relations with
Gladstone. As the latter's own book on
'Churoh and State had been reviewed by
Maoaulay in the Edinburgh Review, go
Gladstone determined to review ArgyIrs
very different opinions In the Quarterly.
This he did in an article which although
anonymous vas lxnown to be by him. Not
only was be most courteous 10 the new
author personally, but he was highly com.
plfmentazy to the literary merits Of the essay.
Al certain points In the book seemed to
have been misunderstood. Argyll addressed
Gladstone by letter some explanations,
to which he received a characteristic reply,
fully admitting, yet not denying, the
and asserting the right Of an
contributor to defend his own
incognito. Going up to London In the
spring Of iS4o, the young Duke called upon
0ladstone. We arc told that che was most
kind and courteous. and I liked him per-
sonaliy from that moment. But I may a.
well explain here at once that on Church
questions I never thought it worth while
10 talk with him. That was the one subject
on which I always realized that there wa
. fundamental indetbflity In his opinions,
an equally fundamental indelibiAty in
mine.' We shall hear from tho Duke
moro about Gladstone hereafter.
We must reserve for q second notice q
survey Of the last fifty years Of the life of
The Duke Of Argyll. for an account Of four
fths Of which We are indebted to tho
.owager Duchess. Thus far We ave
him but . step beyond the thresh-
Did Of his long, useful and eminent public