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mother. The evidence Of moral hersdity
10 singularly strong.

u1OtnoI. Inc evidence Oh mOroi horOOlty
10 singularly strong.
II.
Philip was born in 1898. From his
boyhood he was destined by his father
to become the "public creature" which
Burke declared his own son tn have
been. He was q prodigy Of precocity.
and such a prodigy he in fact remained
throughout almost the whole Of his
short life. His father prepared him
for politician and an orator. and began
by examining him with the Latin
classics. In an age when there WIS
moro Latin known ani currently used
among English politician and mon Of
the world. not Including professed
scholars. than probably has ever been
the case before or since AZ IA
the boy IL said to have had most Il
Virgil and still q larger part Of his
favorite Horace by heart, and could
run over "Grccian, Roman and English
history" In O manner surprising to his
hearers. II seems that his attachments
excited the admiration Of Addison.
Moreover his fond parent Get him to
reciting tragedies to the guests, par
ticularly Shakespeare. and also made
him get up" and spout reports Of &C.
tual speeches made In the House OF
Commons. according 10 such reports as
could be had In these days, f.lostly
made by the orators themselves. The
universal villain" was o very keen
politician. and the promise OF his son
was . matter Of great pride to him
until the son destroyed II by run
ming away with and marrying at 10 .
psnniless girl. But for the matrimony
Il does not appear that the father
would have taken the affair at all Sc
rious.y. for the boy had already given
proofs Of his inherited muiierosity. But
the marriage upset all the paternal
plans. II was said that Thomas tried
to have II annulled, though Of this
there 10 no documentary evidence. It
was also said that the fathers death
was FASTENED by the sons misconduct.
and II Is q fact that the death occurred
six weeks after the marriage. The
fathers will appointed guardians for
the son. and In II was written: "And
I recommend II to my son to observe
the advice Of his Mother and Guardians
and to endeavor. by q dutlful and pru-
dent behavior. to make the best amends
he can for the false step he has made"
But dutifulness and prudence were
the last qualities to which the new
Earl Of Wharton aspired. 1t seems that
he was as precocious physically as mem
tally, for q writer who met him In l715
describes him thus: Young Wharton.
now about twenty years Of age. Is q
thin, slender and pretty tall gentle
man." young Wharton being In fact
II. Il was at this time that the BRIDE
4 nf oil tr lava N a
time with q married woman. and wrote
Pastoral Dialogue" to her IN the
taste Of the time and In pretty bad
verse. even for an amateur though
fairly smooth. all about "Mcnalcas' and
"Enos,a," which II the earliest OF his
published productions. Naturally his
guardians found their charge a hand
full. and. possibly by way OF avoiding
their responsibilities. sent him abroad
under the charge OF a French HuSue-
not tutor. The tutor. who was con-
scientlous, found his charge extremely
trying. There Is a letter eStant from
Hanover. written in the summer OF 1915
describing the visit OF Peter the Grca'
to Hanover. and giving much the same
account Of his Czarian Majesty" as
| Is given In Carlyle's Frederick" on tn,
authority of Princess Wilhelmina. or
his appearance In The course OF tn,
same tour at Berlin: ale never use'
knife nor fork. but always eats witt
his fingers: never uses a handkerchief
but blows his nose with h!s fingers.
This Is to the same purport as tn,
even more intimate details OF the Gar.
ish progress gwen by Carlyle. There
Is In the same letter, and more TO tn,
present purpose, an account OF the
ongoinCs OF young Wharton. "Hc
lives very magnihcently at Cassel, ha
six footmen, running foottnan. a vale
de chambre, a secretary, for he will no
allow people to call him his governor
two sets OF coach horses, SC. All Thu,
Is to be done out OF 1000 a year, which
is his allowance. | am certain II h.
lives two years he will spend ever
farthinG he has In the world"--wh.cl
would seem a sufficiently conservative
prediction. or course the hoy wa
, aware OF his Inheritance, whic,
, amounted 10 an income OF $4,000 OF
$50. 900 year from his father and o
some 100000 from his mother. and Their
WAS not much difficulty In tn
way OF young nobleman In his minor
ity seeking to raise money on his ex
pectatlons. So instead Of proceedin,
: Win MS TUTOR 10 tnc FellglOhS
I tuition In Geneva which hts guardia n
, had selected for him. II Is not surpris
ing that he should have cut loose from
his mentor altogether and betakei
himself to Paris.
: III.
Now, at IS. he was to begin tina
almost or quite unparalleled caree
I OF political treachery and tergiversa
, ton which. together with an equa
Z deprav!ty In private life, quite JUST
, fies Johnson's eplthet of 1.-The infamou
Duke of Wharton" In Paris he me
Bolingbrokc. who was Justly enoug
In exile there for his conspirings agalns
/ the house OF Hanover, and natural
the boy fell more or less under tn
, sway Of the brilliant and attractive ma
who had held the highest place in tn
: councils OF Great Britain and whor
| Bagchot has called the British Ale