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 482 APPENDIX. XoTE 18. — I cannot help believing that a perusal of Mr Sidr.ey Herbert's evidence (Fourth Rep., pp. 161 to 198), and of the letters he produced would elicit a general concurrence in the opinion ventured in the text. A delightful candour and good feeling runs through all his statements to the Committee, and he made them so naturally, and so thoroughly in his own way, that to read them is like hearing him speak. Note 19. — Thus writing to Lord William Paulet, he describes her counsels as ' excellent suggestions,' and adds — ' You will find 'her most valuable.' — Seb. Comm., Fourth Rei, p. 343. His similar intimations to other officials appear in the body of his evidence. — Vide ante. Note 20. — If a letter were answered inatantly, the interchange might be a little less than four weeks ; but practically, as Mr Sidney Herbert stated — ' a month ' was about the time occupied. — Seb. Comm. , Fourth Rep., 19,848. Communication by electric telegi-aph covered only at that time a part of the distance, and was not, I believe, resorted to except for somewhat brief messages. Note 21. — From the contents of his letter on the subject, one gathers that he had not conversed with her, and probably had not even seen her. It was in company with another lady, and with an officer whom also he names, that Burgoyne visited the hospital.^ — Letter of 27th March 1855, quoted, fost, note 28, p. 483. Note 22. — In the letter speaking of this conviction on the part of Sir- George Brown, and of the admiration with which Sir George regarded the exertions of the Lady-in-Chief, Lord Raglan adds: — ' Lord William ' [Paulet], 'like Brown, speaks loudly in ' praise of Miss Nightingale ; ' and Lord Raglan expresses his own concurrence in these judgments, declaring the certainty he felt that she had ' done great good. ' — Lord Raglan to Duke of Newcastle, 1st January 1855. Note 23. — Dean Stanley, uhi ante, p. 5. Note 24. — That the devotion and gratitude of the soldier and his high tone of feeling did not cease when he came out of hos- pital, I offer this proof — proof only, some may say, of the negative sort, but not, I think, without weight : — Whoever in this country tastes of even a little celebrity, discovers that one of its incidents is an afflux of those petitions for gifts of money or loans which are commonly called 'begging letters.' At the time I am speak- ing of, the vast fame of the Lady-in-Chief had brought upon her an enormous number of such 'begging letters,' but — I say it with delight — there had nei-er come 07ie from a soldier.