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gentle temper, his kindly nature, his large hospitality and unassuming carriage, had won him the hearts of all who met him. If he had failed, he had greatly ventured; and to those who greatly venture in the cause of Great Britain, their countrymen in India forgive much. The malice with which his successor assailed his actions secured to him the sympathy even of those who judged his policy unfavourably.
