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TO
The Memory of
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
THE GREATEST ENGLISHMAN SINCE CROMWELL
Who, of lofty Christian character, and pre-eminent abilities developed under favoring circumstances, devoted a life of unceasing, arduous toil,—ever among matters of great moment—
not himself;
not to his own interests;
but to the good of others;
yet who daily so intelligently trained his body also that he was able to maintain a true equilibrium between mind and body; and so to keep both in consummate working-order far on to a ripe old age,—
THIS BOOK
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
