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Show Iht of Honor. England, -which is rich in gentlemen, furnished, in the beginning of the present pres-ent century, a good model of that genius which the world loves in Charles James Fox, who added to his groat abilities the most social disposition and real love of men. A characteristic anecdote is related re-lated of the celebrated orator and statesman: states-man: ' ' A tradesman who had long dunned Mr. Fox for a note of three hundred guineas found him one day counting gold, and demanded payment of his long due note. "I cannot pay you now," said F"ox. "I owe this money to Sheridan; it is a debt of honor. If an accident should happen to me he has nothing to show to maintain main-tain his claim." "Then," said the creditor, "I change my debt into a debt of honor," and tore the note in pieces. Fox thanked the man for his confi-denco, confi-denco, and paid him. saying: "His debt was of older standing, and Sheridan must wait." Fox was tho lover of liberty, friend of tho Hindoo, friend of tho African tilave; he possessed a great personal popularity, and Napoleou said of him, on the occasion occa-sion of his visit to Paris in 1805: "Mr. Fox will always hold the first place in an assembly at the Tuileries." Youth's Companion. |