New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
WHAT HE LEARNED AT COLLEGE.

have no space TO give the letter i'm fun; II be-
trays in every line the effect this gifted youth had
produced upon one wei acquainted with the marks
Of future greatness; for Mr- FHbury rad been the
tutor and still the friend Of the Duke OF BuN-
ton. the sometime form master OF the present
Bishop Of Lewes and the cousin Of the late Joshua
Lambkin, OF oxford.
Little Joseph's entry into college life abundantiy
fulfilled the expectations held of him. The head
of his college wrote to his great-aunt dhe wife of
the Under Secretary OF Statel q" ne has
something in him OF what OF old called
prophecy and we term genius Old Or.
Biddlecup the dean, asked the boy 20 dinner. and
afterward assured his father that little Joseph
was the image of William Pitt whom he falsely
pretended to have seen in childhood and to whom
the Duggletons related through Mrs. Dugglc-
tons grandmother. whose sister had married the
first cousin of the Savior OF Europe"
DIT Biddecup was old man. may not
have been accurate IN his historical pretensons.
but the main truth of what he said was certain,
for Joseph rescnb!ed the great statesman at once
in his physical appearance, for he sallow and
had turned-up nose; in his gifts; in his oratory
which was ever remarkable at the social clubs
and Wines and alas, in his fondness for port
Indeed little Joseph had to pay the price of cou-
centrting in himself the genius OF three genera
tons; he suffered than OF the tempta-
tons that assault men of vigorous imagination
He kept late hours, drank-perhd1s hot always
TO excess. but always over-frequently-and gam
bled. if beyond his means. at least with
teVeIlSh energy thdt was ruluouS 10 ms healti|
He fell desperately i'll III the fortnight before MS
schools but he was granted .oSrotat. degree
equivalent in his to first class in honoIs
and he asked by other Of the colleges
to compete for fellowship it was, however, given
to another candidate.
After this failure he went home. and, ON MS
fathers advice. attempted political work; but The
hurry and noise of election disguised him, ana
It is feared that his cynical and highly episr;n-
matte speeches were another cause Of his defeat.
It.aI hfg
with the tenderest interest and listened to his
| fancied experiences with fathers patience, or
! dered complete rest and change, and recommended
! the South of France; he sent thither with a
worthless friend rather, dependent who per
! mitted the lad to gamble and even 10 borrow
! money. and ii this friend whom Sir William
Qn his letter TO the Hon. Mr.. Duggleton acknowl-
edging receipt Of his check attributed the tragedy
! that followed
Had he not" wrote the distinguished physician.
I permitted poor Joseph to borrow money of
/ him; had he resolutey refused to drink wine at
dinner; had he locked Joseph up in his room every
/ evening al the opening hour OF the Casino. We
should not have to deplore the loss of Of Eng
/ lands noblest.' Nor did the false friend make
things easier for the bereaved father by suggesting
/ ere twelve short months had elapsed that the
! sums Joseph had borrowed of him should be re-
paid
/ Joseph one fatal night. somewhat heated by wine,
! had heard a FrenchInan say italian his
elbow certain very outrageous things about one
Mazzini The pair discussing a local book
maker. but the boy. whose passion for Italian
unity IS well known tina giued that the philos-
/ opher and statesman was in question; he fell into
such passion and attacked these offensive for
eigners with such violence bring attack
from which he did not recover; his grave now
whitens the hillside OF the Monte Resorto dn
French. Mont-resort1.
He left some fifty short poems in the manner
of Shelley RossetTi and Swinburne. and a few in
Individual style that would surely have devel-
oped with age. These have since been gathered
| into volume. and 80 far to prove the truth OF
his fathers despairing cry: Joseph the poor