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no   reservations   or   duplicities。   ;No�察  �by   Heaven� ─  �he   would   say   �─�with 

unimaginable        energy;���察    �if  any   good    adjective    were    coupled     with    him 

which he did not deserve�此            �I am nothing of the kind。           I wish I were�察�but 

I   don't   deserve   the   attribute�察  �and   I   never   did�察  �and   I   never   shall� ─�His 

intense consciousness of himself never led to his poorly excusing himself�察�

and seldom to his violently asserting himself。                  When he told some little 

story  of   his   bygone   social   experiences�察  �in   Florence�察  �or   where   not�察  �as   he 

was     fond    of   doing�察    �it  took    the   innocent     form     of  making      all   the 

interlocutors�察  �Landors。        It   was   observable�察  �too�察  �that   they   always   called 

him ;Mr。 Landor;rather ceremoniously and submissively。                         There was a 

certain     ;Caro    Pedre    Abete    Marina;   invariably   so       addressed     in  these 

anecdoteswho   figured   through   a   great   many   of   them�察  �and   who   always 

expressed himself in this deferential tone。 

     Mr。 Forster writes of Landor's character thus�此�

       ;A man must be judged�察�at first�察�by what he says and does。                    But with 

him   such   extravagance   as   I   have   referred   to   was   little   more   than   the 

habitual indulgence ��on such themes�� of passionate feelings and language�察�

indecent      indeed    but   utterly   purposeless�察     �the   mere    explosion     of  wrath 

provoked by tyranny or cruelty�察�the irregularities of an overheated steam´ 

engine too weak for its own vapour。                It is very certain that no one could 

detest oppression more truly than Landor did in all seasons and times�察�and 

if no one expressed that scorn�察�that abhorrence of tyranny and fraud�察�more 

hastily   or   more   intemperately�察  �all   his   fire   and   fury   signified   really   little 

else   than   ill´temper   too   easily  provoked。        Not   to   justify   or   excuse   such 

language�察�but to explain it�察�this consideration is urged。                  If not uniformly 

placable�察    �Landor      was   always     compassionate。         He    was    tender´hearted 

rather   than   bloody´   minded   at   all   times�察  �and   upon   only   the   most   partial 

acquaintance        with    his   writings    could     other   opinion     be   formed。       A 

completer knowledge of them would satisfy any one that he had as little 

real disposition   to   kill   a  king   as   to   kill   a   mouse。 In   fact   there  is   not   a 

more marked peculiarity in his genius than the union with its strength of a 

most uncommon gentleness�察�and in the personal ways of the man this was 



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equally manifest。;Vol。 i。 p。 496。 

       Of his works�察�thus�此�

       ;Though his mind was cast in the antique mould�察�it had opened itself 

to every kind of impression through a long and varied life�察�he has written 

with equal excellence in both poetry and prose�察�which can hardly be said 

of any of his contemporaries�察�and perhaps the single epithet by which his 

books would be best described is that reserved exclusively for books not 

characterised only by genius�察�but also by special individuality。                They are 

unique。     Having      possessed    them�察   �we   should    miss   them。    Their    place 

would be supplied by no others。             They have that about them�察�moreover�察�

which renders it almost certain that they will frequently be resorted to in 

future time。     There are none in the language more quotable。               Even where 

impulsiveness and want of patience have left them most fragmentary�察�this 

rich compensation is offered to the reader。            There is hardly a conceivable 

subject�察   �in  life  or  literature�察  �which    they   do  not   illustrate  by   striking 

aphorisms�察     �by   concise     and   profound     observations�察    �by   wisdom      ever 

applicable to the deeds of men�察�and by wit as available for their enjoyment。 

Nor�察�above all�察�will there anywhere be found a more pervading passion for 

liberty�察�a fiercer hatred of the   base�察�a wider sympathy with the   wronged 

and the oppressed�察�or help more ready at all times for those who fight at 

odds and disadvantage against the powerful and the fortunate�察�than in the 

writings of Walter Savage Landor。;Last page of second volume。 

       The impression was strong upon the present writer's mind�察�as on Mr。 

Forster's�察   �during    years    of  close   friendship     with   the   subject   of   this 

biography�察     �that  his  animosities     were   chiefly   referable    to  the   singular 

inability in him to dissociate other people's ways of thinking from his own。 

He had�察�to the last�察�a ludicrous grievance ��both Mr。 Forster and the writer 

have often amused themselves with it�� against a good´natured nobleman�察�

doubtless perfectly unconscious of having ever given him offence。                      The 

offence     was�察  �that   on   the  occasion     of  some    dinner    party   in  another 

nobleman's       house�察   �many     years    before�察   �this  innocent     lord   ��then    a 

commoner�� had passed in to dinner�察�through some door�察�before him�察�as he 

himself was about to pass in through that same door with a lady on his arm。 

Now�察�Landor was a gentleman of   most scrupulous politeness�察�and in his 



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carriage     of   himself     towards     ladies    there   was    a   certain   mixture     of 

stateliness   and   deference�察  �belonging   to   quite   another   time�察  �and�察  �as   Mr。 

Pepys would observe�察 �mighty pretty to see;。                  If he could by any effort 

imagine himself committing such a high crime and misdemeanour as that 

in question�察 �he   could   only  imagine himself   as   doing   it   of   a set   purpose�察�

under     the   sting   of   some    vast    injury�察  �to  inflict   a  great   affront。     A 

deliberately      designed     affront   on   the  part   of  another    man�察   �it  therefore 

remained to the end of his days。            The manner in which�察�as time went on�察�

he    permeated      the   unfortunate     lord's   ancestry     with   this   offence�察   �was 

whimsically   characteristic   of   Landor。         The   writer   remembers   very   well 

when only the individual himself was held responsible in the story for the 

breach of good breeding�察�but in another ten years or so�察�it began to appear 

that   his   father   had   always   been   remarkable   for   ill   manners�察  �and   in   yet 

another ten years or so�察�his grandfather developed into quite a prodigy of 

coarse behaviour。 

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