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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 2 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
Castle has been tlie unchanged homestead—the name of Lambton lost nothing in the coronet which the first ear ] , John George , wore ri g ht nobly—He was ofthe nobility of nature—and peerless among the ennobled of men .
His country , to whom he was a benefactor , cannot , among her many gifted sons , point out him upon whom the mantle of the departed shall fall . The best evidence of his hi g h moral worth may be drawn from a perusal of the following extracts from the public
press , taken free from the influence of political bias , and yet all agreeing upon the important truths of his independent mind , his honesty of purpose , and the noble qualities of the heart in its most affectionate and endurins- sensio bilities . The Earl of Durham , who , while living , was
by many feared —but b y far more loved—was , in reality , respected b y all .
" The Earl of Durham was one of those whom his friends can ill spare , and whom even his enemies must honour . He was an honest man—a man of principle , a liberal man , and a consistent man . He was not hot in opposition , but cold in office . He was not a democrat out of place and an aristocrat when in . "—Dispatch .
" The noble Earl was considered by those who knew him , to Le a man of straightforward truth and integrity , ivith little in him of a sordid or ungenerous nature , and with a heart quite capable of kind and warm affections . The faults of this nobleman came rather under the head of temper than principle * * * * . It is possible that the proneness
to excitement with which he has often" been reproached , may have proceeded more from unwarying and harassing ill-health than from original infirmity of the moral temperament . "—Times .
" It is upon the private life of the deceased nobleman , surviving friends will look back with the most of that consolatory pride which softens grief . In private life Lord Durham was exceedingly amiable . Munificent he was to the largest extent of his ample means , as some of
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
Castle has been tlie unchanged homestead—the name of Lambton lost nothing in the coronet which the first ear ] , John George , wore ri g ht nobly—He was ofthe nobility of nature—and peerless among the ennobled of men .
His country , to whom he was a benefactor , cannot , among her many gifted sons , point out him upon whom the mantle of the departed shall fall . The best evidence of his hi g h moral worth may be drawn from a perusal of the following extracts from the public
press , taken free from the influence of political bias , and yet all agreeing upon the important truths of his independent mind , his honesty of purpose , and the noble qualities of the heart in its most affectionate and endurins- sensio bilities . The Earl of Durham , who , while living , was
by many feared —but b y far more loved—was , in reality , respected b y all .
" The Earl of Durham was one of those whom his friends can ill spare , and whom even his enemies must honour . He was an honest man—a man of principle , a liberal man , and a consistent man . He was not hot in opposition , but cold in office . He was not a democrat out of place and an aristocrat when in . "—Dispatch .
" The noble Earl was considered by those who knew him , to Le a man of straightforward truth and integrity , ivith little in him of a sordid or ungenerous nature , and with a heart quite capable of kind and warm affections . The faults of this nobleman came rather under the head of temper than principle * * * * . It is possible that the proneness
to excitement with which he has often" been reproached , may have proceeded more from unwarying and harassing ill-health than from original infirmity of the moral temperament . "—Times .
" It is upon the private life of the deceased nobleman , surviving friends will look back with the most of that consolatory pride which softens grief . In private life Lord Durham was exceedingly amiable . Munificent he was to the largest extent of his ample means , as some of