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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.

I lay great store by the meeting of various classes of society in pursuit of a common yet elevating study. Such a union softens 18