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remarkable man when seventy´seven years of age�察�by Boxall。                       The writer 

of   these   lines   can   testify   that   the   original   picture   is   a   singularly   good 

likeness�察  �the   result   of   close   and   subtle   observation   on   the   part   of   the 

painter�察�but�察�for  this very  reason�察�the  engraving gives   a most   inadequate 

idea of the merit of the picture and the character of the man。 

     From the engraving�察�the arms and hands are omitted。                    In the picture�察�

they are�察�as they were in nature�察�indispensable to a correct reading of the 

vigorous   face。      The   arms   were   very  peculiar。      They  were   rather   short�察�



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and were curiously restrained and checked in their action at the elbows�察�in 

the   action   of   the   hands�察  �even   when   separately   clenched�察  �there   was   the 

same kind of pause�察�and a noticeable tendency to relaxation on the part of 

the    thumb。     Let    the   face   be   never    so   intense    or  fierce�察  �there    was   a 

commentary of gentleness in the hands�察�essential to be taken along with it。 

Like     Hamlet�察     �Landor     would     speak     daggers�察    �but   use    none。     In    the 

expression       of   his    hands�察   �though      angrily    closed�察    �there    was    always 

gentleness and tenderness�察�just as when they were open�察�and the handsome 

old gentleman would wave them with a little courtly flourish that sat well 

upon him�察�as he recalled some classic compliment that he had rendered to 

some   reigning   Beauty�察  �there   was   a   chivalrous   grace   about   them   such   as 

pervades his softer verses。           Thus the fictitious Mr。 Boythorn ��to whom we 

may   refer   without   impropriety   in   this   connexion�察  �as   Mr。   Forster   does�� 

declaims ;with unimaginable energy; the while his bird is ;perched upon 

his thumb;�察�and he ;softly smooths its feathers with his forefinger;。 

     From  the   spirit   of   Mr。  Forster's   Biography  these   characteristic   hands 

are never omitted�察�and hence ��apart from its literary merits�� its great value。 

As   the   same   masterly   writer's   Life   and   Times   of   Oliver   Goldsmith   is   a 

generous   and   yet   conscientious   picture   of   a   period�察  �so   this   is   a   not   less 

generous   and   yet   conscientious   picture   of   one   life�察  �of   a   life�察  �with   all   its 

aspirations�察      �achievements�察       �and    disappointments�察        �all   its  capabilities�察�

opportunities�察�and irretrievable mistakes。               It is essentially a sad book�察�and 

herein   lies   proof   of   its   truth   and   worth。    The   life   of   almost   any   man 

possessing   great   gifts�察  �would   be   a   sad   book   to   himself�察  �and   this   book 

enables us not only to see its subject�察�but to be its subject�察�if we will。 

     Mr。 Forster is of opinion that ;Landor's fame very surely awaits him;。 

This point admitted or doubted�察�the value of the book remains the same。 

It needs not to know his   works ��otherwise than through his biographer's 

exposition���察�it needs not to have known himself�察�to find a deep interest in 

these pages。       More   or less   of   their   warning is   in   every  conscience�察  �and 

some admiration of a   fine genius�察 �and   of a   great�察�wild�察�generous   nature�察�

incapable       of    mean      self´extenuation        or   dissimulationif        unhappily 

incapable of self´repression too should be in every breast。                     ;There may 

be   still   living   many  persons;�察 �Walter   Landor's   brother�察  �Robert�察  �writes   to 



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Mr。 Forster of this book�察 �who would contradict any narrative of yours in 

which   the   best   qualities   were   remembered�察  �the   worst   forgotten。;        Mr。 

Forster's comment is�此        �I had not waited for this appeal to resolve�察�that�察�if 

this memoir were written at all�察�it should contain�察�as far as might lie within 

my power�察 �a fair   statement of   the truth;。         And this   eloquent passage of 

truth immediately follows�此          �Few of his infirmities are without something 

kindly or generous about them�察�and we are not long in discovering there is 

nothing so wildly incredible that he will not himself in perfect good faith 

believe。     When he published his first book of poems on quitting Oxford�察�

the   profits   were   to   be   reserved   for   a   distressed   clergyman。   When   he 

published his Latin poems�察�the poor of Leipzig were to have the sum they 

realised。     When his comedy was ready to be acted�察�a Spaniard who had 

sheltered him at Castro was to be made richer by it。                When he competed 

for   the  prize   of   the Academy  of   Stockholm�察  �it   was   to   go   to   the   poor   of 

Sweden。       If nobody got anything from any one of these enterprises�察�the 

fault at all events was not his。        With his extraordinary power of forgetting 

disappointments�察�he was prepared at each successive failure to start afresh�察�

as if each had been a triumph。          I shall have to delineate this peculiarity as 

strongly in the last half as in the first half of his life�察�and it was certainly 

an amiable one。        He was ready at all times to set aside�察�out of his own 

possessions�察�something for somebody who might please him for the time�察�

and when frailties of temper and tongue are noted�察�this other eccentricity 

should not be omitted。         He desired eagerly the love as well as the good 

opinion of those   whom  for   the   time   he   esteemed�察 �and no one   was   more 

affectionate while under such influences。             It is not a small virtue to feel 

such genuine pleasure�察�as he always did in giving and receiving pleasure。 

His generosity�察�too�察�was bestowed chiefly on those who could make small 

acknowledgment in thanks and no return in kind。; 

     Some of his earlier contemporaries may have thought him a vain man。 

Most   assuredly  he   was   not�察  �in   the   common   acceptation of   the term。        A 

vain man has little or no admiration to bestow upon competitors。 Landor 

had an inexhaustible fund。          He thought well of his writings�察�or he would 

not have preserved them。          He said and wrote that he thought well of them�察�

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He was one of the few men of whom you might always know the whole�此�

of whom you might always know the worst�察�as well as the best。                          He had 

no   reservations   or   duplicities。   ;No�察  �by   
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