Looking o'er the noblest of our time,
Who climbed those heights it takes an age to climb,
I marked not one revealing to mankind
A sweeter nature or a stronger mind.
[[1]] It was commonly understood at this time that Sir Charles Tupper, whose name would naturally first occur in this connection, preferred to remain in England as high commissioner, and, consequently, was not in the running.
[[2]] Letter to The Times, September 1, 1886.
[[3]] Weekly Sun, April 17, 1907.
[[4]] Problems of Greater Britain, p. 44.