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 first to last, Robert Gouger was a shrewd, intelligent, observant man, faithful in small duties as in great, conscious always of the obligations of Christianity combined with high morality; that he was inspired by a strong sense of duty in all the exacting labours he undertook, buoyed up by a yearning aspiration to serve his fellow creatures, especially the struggling poor; adventurous, even to recklessness, in any cause he espoused with enthusiasm; prodigal of time and energy in every movement to which he was pledged.

This estimate is borne out by one who knows the whole story of his life, and has said that he "was a truly Christian man, with deepest religious convictions, and the very soul of honour."