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           Atcollegehiscareerwasofcoursehighlycreditable.Andherehepreparedhimselfforpubliclife,intowhichhewastobeintroducedbythepatronageofhisgrandfather,LordBinkie,bystudyingtheancientandmodernoratorswithgreatassiduity,andbyspeakingunceasinglyatthedebatingsocieties.Butthoughhehadafinefluxofwords,anddeliveredhislittlevoicewithgreatpomposityandpleasuretohimself,andneveradvancedanysentimentoropinionwhichwasnotperfectlytriteandstale,andsupportedbyaLatinquotation;yethefailedsomehow,inspiteofamediocritywhichoughttohaveinsuredanymanasuccess.Hedidnotevengettheprizepoem,whichallhisfriendssaidhewassureof.

           AfterleavingcollegehebecamePrivateSecretarytoLordBinkie,andwasthenappointedAttachetotheLegationatPumpernickel,whichposthefilledwithperfecthonour,andbroughthomedespatches,consistingofStrasburgpie,totheForeignMinisteroftheday.AfterremainingtenyearsAttache(severalyearsafterthelamentedLordBinkie’sdemise),andfindingtheadvancementslow,heatlengthgaveupthediplomaticserviceinsomedisgust,andbegantoturncountrygentleman.

           HewroteapamphletonMaltonreturningtoEngland(forhewasanambitiousman,andalwayslikedtobebeforethepublic),andtookastrongpartintheNegroEmancipationquestion.ThenhebecameafriendofMr.

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