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Rh policy, and the pressure of business, no time had been found for the pouring forth of that natural grief which would seem the inevitable tribute to be paid to a parent's loss: no; all the feelings had been stern, active, and on-looking. Ambition and affection rarely go together; the great must pay their penalty, and be content with fear instead of love. The ordinary death-bed is surrounded with sorrow and with tears; but upon the decease of a man like Cromwell, the future—busy, anxious, plotting, and dangerous—engrosses every thought.