He loved the wide, wide world. He loved dearly his fellow-men. The world is a better place for his having passed through it. He left behind him books that will live, but he was not chiefly a writer. More than anything else he leaves behind his example. He touched and made brighter with his genius all who came into contact with him. To be with him was to lose pettiness. His personal influence has gone out quietly to a thousand different corners of the Empire. We may lament his death and the possibilities which died with him. There is no unmixed good on earth. We can rejoice at his life and be humbly grateful for his example. He was a great Englishman.
| [1]. | When he says “you” and “your” in these letters Sir Walter means the Air Historical Branch. |
| [2]. | General Brancker. |
Transcriber's Notes
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He loved the wide wide world. —> He loved the wide, wide world.