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 back of his head. From his parents he had every advantage of heredity and environment from youth up. Over the mantel-piece in his bedroom there is emblazoned a text which explains a good deal of the tranquillity which has saved Mr. Gladstone from nervous exhaustion. The text runs: '.' Mr. Gladstone's simple but fervent religious faith is the first element of the secret of his continued and continuing vigor; the second place must be awarded to the happy influence of a fortunate marriage. Mrs. Gladstone held the view that it was the wife's duty to make