THE IRON DUKE.
■'"I"' ■ 4»i ' ' The Duke of Wellington figures prominently in the last instalment of the Hobhouse (Lord Brougbion) "Recollections,"for thd diarist sincerely respected him. Here is the Duke's definition of booty, and a very good one :— "What' you can lay your strong hand on and keep." The Wellingtons teem to haye been a candid family. Uord Wetyesley told Broughtort that his brother was "a great officer but nd statesman at all," adding that "he trusted ; hi»v brother Arthur ' would plant his loqt,. op' the xiecks of those who were fools enough' to help' him to power, and then they would find ,hift heel as hard as his^ieaKt-h Lord Douro, whom Broughton fc&"wa Tory-Radical, confessed that publfc -Jite wae impossible .for him with such a father, "who, although he had no prejudice against persons, had the strongest attachment to bid systems, and thought everything hew must be bad, , . '>. thought a barrack tho perfection ' ot all human dwelling-places, and the discipline o! a eoldier the beau-ideal of human institutions."—London Spectator.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 23, 27 January 1912, Page 12
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170THE IRON DUKE. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 23, 27 January 1912, Page 12
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