Show THE GRAND OLD MAN IN the may number of the review C editor stead presents a written sketch of hon allani illani E gladstone of whom be Is ia 1 ardent admirer the word picture of tie eminent sebol scholar arand and statesman may e tinted with over coloring owing 9 the exalted opinion entertained of be subject by the artist the celinea ion n is however exceedingly bascin ting mg it gives in a condensed form lot only an I 1 insight into the character bleve ments and aspirations of mr gladstone Had lad stone one of the most wonderful MS n of any age but some valuable gest ions regarding the processes de from his great intellectual opacity kpa city which have contributed to to is success A practical application these hints would assist any indi dual who aspires to render his lift life litber er than a comparative blank mr kr gladstone who to la an octove arlan preserves in his old age the byancy and cheerfulness of youth I 1 has been careful of his health a and nd physical condition being india exx elble to the exercise of a capable ind his hii memory to is phenomenal phenomena natura naturally liy gifted in this re hect et his menial is largey the result of cultivation by riveting eke e attention upon any subject on aich his mind is engaged and making otes lotes of whatever he specially desires 9 remember eris bis method of reading is a striking ua of the process of minding orang which makes him one of the OBI versatile and best informed men modern ern times he generally has ro oaks books on diverse subjects in hand band the same time when the mind re 9 on one theme for the purpose of which amounts to rest he es up lap the other he also makes es s as he goes along taking great ins no to fasten his attention keenly upon benages he is anxious to remember id d he be frequently makes a sort of index his own at the end of a volume ter r perusal fy this eminent statesman uses many ata of pigeon holes bolea each set being the stacle of dif different terent varieties of one being devoted to the preservation er of rubbishy corres ordence on dence I 1 faith in god is one of mr glad es strongest characteristics and faw has had so many evidences evidence of dl di ne interposition in his behalf that Is trust in providence has adhered to im throughout his long active and brilliant career it is said of him by mr r stead that he has not always em what was waa just the right thing to 40 but he be has always thought that what be did was right otherwise he fould have refused to engage in it lt it to is characteristic of british statesmen on that as a rule they do not carry heir political differences into social we 0 in this respect no one is more than mr gladstone who on many occasions has in private defended his bis most pronounced pronoun cei opponents agat against net aspersions cast upon them by smaller men the career of mr gladsone ob shows aws that mental activity does not kill nor even impair the energies of men so long as they are able to sleep this he can do almost at will it is said paid that he be can a si completely tle tely divest his bis mind of all concern connected with any subject engrossing Liro osing his bis attention that he can at any time seated I 1 i a chair cover his bis face with a and become oblivious in thirty seconds there has only been in his life one excel ton ion to this rule when the fate of the heroic gordon was pending in the budan 8 aidan his activity IP if and always has been phenomenal in his waking moments he to is nearly always doing something his mind never being free from the contemplation of a subject the reason rew ron for his engaging in the felling feling ol of trees on his estate in wales is simply to divert his hia mind from any theme requiring in eity of thought while thug employed must be directed to the holding of the axe at the necessary angle in order to hit the tree in the right place this is a simple exercise and provides pr avides the necessary mental repose the examples of such men as mr Gla gladstone detone are of inestimable value they demonstrate what can be done by ceaseless activity centralized attention faith in gd systematic work indomitable courage and devotion to the right as viewed by the individual the lives of such men iben ought to be studied by the young that they may be inspired to take a course in the world that will make their presence felt for good such men live in the multiplication of benefits to the lace ages after they leave mortality |