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VIRTUE BROTHERS AND CO., 1, AMEN CORNER,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, M.P.,

HER MAJESTY'S

CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER,

AS A SLIGHT TESTIMONY TO HIS

MATCHLESS TALENTS AS AN ORATOR AND A STATESMAN;

TO HIS HIGH AND NOBLE PRINCIPLES,

PRINCIPLES WHICH HAVE MADE HIM ONE OF THE

BRIGHTEST ORNAMENTS OF THE AGE;

TO HIS INNATE AND BOUNDLESS LOVE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL IN NATURE AND IN ART;

TO WHOM AND TO WHOM ONLY,

(FROM THE PROMINENT AND PRAISEWORTHY PART HE

TOOK IN FURTHERANCE OF

THE WEDGWOOD MEMORIAL INSTITUTE),

A MEMOIR OF THAT GREAT AND GOOD MAN CAN WITH

PROPRIETY BE INSCRIBED;

AND IN

GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MANY ACTS OF KINDLY

THIS

COURTESY RECEIVED AT HIS HANDS,

VOLUME IS, BY EXPRESS PERMISSION,

DEDICATED.

LLEWELLYNN JEWITT.

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