Show WHY VICTORIA WAS BELOVED The Queen in fact was beloved not as a typical English mother mother being being essentially essentially essentially es es- es- es German In iii her bel family life life life- but for certain human essentials of character which transcend nationalities ties and ar are confined to no particular social status no special period of time Unquestionably feminine In action outlook and expression she yet possessed possessed possessed pos pos- in no small degree the mental breadth and consistency which characterizes characterizes charac charac- tenses statesmen and always always' comported comported com corn ported herself as the mistress of a. a great principality Her profound In Interest interest interest in- in terest in domesticities s 's so endearing ende to toman man many thousands of ot her subjects never neer diminished the public significance cance of her attitude at every emergency Along the lines on which she wisely elected to exert it her Influence was firm and unmistakable working always toward a truthful simplicity of ot good good- ness She who held no heroic surprises for her people yet never disappointed them She was of the fe few on whom one could always alwa's absolutely depend On her as surely and as significantly as on her Ministers rested th the cares of ot state slate and the honor of England never suffered at her hands R. R. R Brimley Johnson In the Atlantic l f Monthly |