He valued life only as a means of fulfilling duty, and truly it may be said of him, that he feared none but God.

Nothing delighted him more than to assist and advance others.

There never was a man who did such rash things in so circumspect a manner.

It was clear, therefore, that the commercial principle, omnipotent in England, was not competent to cope with the peculiar circumstances of Ireland.

And it must be borne in mind that he never offered his opinion on any subject which he had not diligently investigated and attempted to comprehend in all its bearings.

The Saxon, the Sclav, and the Celt have adopted most of the laws and many of the customs of these Arabian tribes, all their literature and all their religion.

Such a conclusion would impugn the foundations of all faith.

No high-spirited man under vexatious and distressing circumstances ever behaved with more magnanimity.

It produces and represents as they did whatever is most beautiful in the spirit of man and often expresses what is most profound.

Has not He made their history the most famous in the world?

Born a natural leader of the people, he was equal to the post.

But an hour from an uninteresting speaker would be a great infliction.

A man, however fallen, who loves his home is not wholly lost.

This was real statesmanship and touching the root of the evil.