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THE GOLDEN BOOK OF
Englishmen move, no part of life in which they tread. wherein your Royal Highness has not at some time, by graceful word or deed, evinced en enlightened interest."
And his comments on the Arts are just whet might be expected—plain common-sense words, laying stress upon the value of work, the sense of human kinship, and the desire for ultimate happiness in all things.
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To be a good painter, genius is by no means all that is required; industry and perseverance must also be exercised, just as much as in the case of eminent clergymen, lawyers, scientific men, philosophers, or the members of any other branch of human exertion which we can name.
(Royal Academy, 1871)
I lay great store by the meeting of various classes of society in pursuit of a common yet elevating study. Such a union softens
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