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This is e\en the case with some who have lii,^ured in comparatively re- cent times. .\s regards the Puke ot" W'ellinj^-ton, lor instance, there has been much dispute, some holdiui^" that he was born in W'estmeath count}', iithers that the event occurred in Mer- rion S<.iuare, Hublin ; then, it is not certain whether he was born in .March, .\pril or May, i "jCn). Recently, al.so, some doubts have been raised reyardiuij- the accuracv ol" the lonj^-held beliel as to the birthplace ot the i^reat na\ al hero, Horatio Nelson. I'"or a loui^" time, lik'ewise, there was a xii^'ourous dispute as to the place in which the subject ot" thi.s sketch was born, it beini.;' held by many that the honor beloni^ed to the city of ^'ork. Xow, howe\er, there is no dilVerence of i>pinion, tor it has been definitely established that Wolfe was born in iIk little xillai^e o\' W'esti rh im, in Kent, in 1727. .At the present day this place pos- sesses man} ol' the features which characterized it in the betifinnini;- of the last centur}. it has not t"elt the stir of the busy industrial life of iMii^land, but has li\ed a \ ei^etatixe, rural exist- ence in the midst of the pleasant, fer- tile t'armlands of North Kent. The sur- riHuidiinj" count r\' is rich in natiual (22) .1 r/s/T TO Till-: liiRTiii'i. ACE oi'- i.\Mi:s wo/.//-: HI- birtliplace tio \i.'lson. tliore was place in ;Uclch was ly that llie if \oYk. 1 dilVcreiico 1 doiinitcl} horn in iIk 1, in Kent, place pos- Lux's which mint;' of the elt tiie stir if luitjland, rural exist- easant, ler- t. The sur- in natural !ieauty and in historic interest. Xnt many miles away is 'runhridi,'-e Wells, ilie famous w aterini,^-place, tilled with memories of John luelxn, Charles II., Nell Ciw ymie ; and, later, oi Mean N'ash, Pr. Johnson, Kichaiilson, l)a\ y (iar- rick and l.ortl C'hesterlield. The life of this i-esort in the last centm-_\ has been \ i\ itlly ]-)om-t rayed i\v Thackeiay in " The \ ii't^inians." In the ni-'li^hbinnhood aro many famous coimlrx -soats, amont^' which may be specially uiHed the followini;' : i'enshursl, the ancient home o'i the Sitlneys ; ICrritli^e, the seat ot" ihe his- toric \e\ille lamil}- ; lle\er, the birth- place oi Anne Holeyn. The Wolfe tamily had no Kentish as>.ociatii>n. Colonel Wolfe, the father <>f the hero, was born in the north oi ICui^land, and had moved to W'ester- ham onl\ a lew months before the birth of his son. His ancestors beloni.;ed to Ireland, that iuu'sini^--i;round o\ sol- iliers, where, at the present day, many representatives oi the family are to be found, especially in Cork, Limerick and '!"ipperar\' coimties. When Colonel Wolfe arrived in Westerham, aloui;- with his neuh- mai-rieil w lie, a ^'orkshire l;id\ , hi.' s^'i- tled in the Xicaraj^e, whero James was born. The housi.' is still in use, and the lit lie room in which tiK' hero fu'sl saw tiK' liu;hl is open to iiis|H'clion. I'he family did \\o\. remain iIilix' lonu;', but mo\L'd to a larj^er resickiiCf when the infant was onlv a lew Wt'cks okl. i'liis pl.ice, now kni^wn as "Oueboc Mouse," was Wolfe's home loi' twelve years. I) was a i.|uaint. i^ablcl i'ili/a- belhan manor-house, with okl-lashion- ed. low-roolei.1 apartments, a wain- sciUted hall and gloomy ciirridors. The attic is a maxe of small, irrei^ular ri>oms. dark aiul criioked jiassai^es, and m\s terimis recesses, lliroui^h which, on^' can well imagine, the sensitive bo\ olten rambled, i;i\in|L;' iw^ pla\ to his active imaj^ination. Here, also, was born another son, lOdward, who aller- waiils became a soldier lUit ol love lor his elder bi\ither. On a low eminence near Ouebec House is ihe villai,''e church in which \\\i|fe was baptized. It is a plain imnr a i'IKvio. VVKSrKKM.VM IVVKISU UUKUl IN WUIUI WOI.II, WAS |;.VI' 1 1/ 1. 1 >. 24 TllK CAXADIAX MMiA/JXE. (iotliii' .strui.-tui'i.', ti\o of six 1uiik1i"l'(.1 years nkl. Inside is a iiiarhk' tahlL'l, erected by several i,''eiUleiiiei) of W'est- erham in memory of the i,''eneral some years alter his death, and inscribed with the lollowiny- unpoetic verse : " \\ liilsl l'u'iiii;i" ill sorrow hows liis l.iuii'l il lu-ail Ami hills till' Artist y;i;u-c the Soltlier ileail ; W'l- raisi- no si-ulptiii\'il trophy to this iianu-, Mravi' youth I llu- faiii'st in the Hst ot raiiu' ; I'roiiil ot tliv liirth, wi- hoast llu> aiispii-ious \ ear, Si link with th\ tail, we slu-tl a m'lu'rai tear ; \\ ith hiiiiilile t;rii't iiisii iho iiiu- ailli'ss slono, Aiul troiii th\ inatehU'ss iioiiorclaleour invii. Hut the most intereslino- feature oi Westerham is Squerryes Court, a line old manor-house, datini,-- back to the time ^-^i Charles II., the home of an old Kentish family, (he Wardes, who have given many brave soldiers to the British army. Throut^h the courtesy oi the present proprietor I was enabled to make a thoroui^h examination cif the many rare treasures and relics which the house contains. Wolfe's family were on terms \.-^'i in- titnacy with the W'arde household, and to this association is to iie attributeil the fact that Squerryes C'ourt is the chiet repository o^ tiie most precious memo- rials of the hero. His boy friends and playmates were John and tieory:e W'arde, the sot ns tif the proprietor o use IS sit- scarlet uniform <.'>'( an ensign in the Twelt'th regiment o'i i-'oot. It is a tull-face picture and slunvs a frank and pleasant countenance, the eyes being particularly bright and full oi expres- sion. The other portrait is by Henja- min West, and is a copy from the large ciMiiposition picture of this artist, repre- senting the death something o\er twenty- nine pounds sterling. So tar as is known, the formeri>f these portraits is the only one painted from the life by a professional artist, all the others, which are to be found in I'lng- land, ha\ing been made after Wolfe's death. One o'i the best known K.-^'i these is that painted b\ Schaak, now in the National Portrait liallery in London, a gift of the King ol the l>elgians. It is based upon a profile sketch, made at Quebec by Captain .Smith, one o{ the Cieneral's aides-de-camp, a few days be- fore the fall o'( the fortress. 'J'his in- terestinsj' drawing is in the possession t" ^>'i the I'nited Ser that day ; their playgi"ound, the beau- cen tiful park in which the ho ne \ ice L lub. \ er\ re- tly the Pym family, who li\e in the iiihbiuirhootl of Westeih.im, discover- u ;ited. In the gardens neat - ih e House ed a painting of Wolfe believed to have been done by Clainsborough. It is un- erected bv the Squerrves familv some signed, as is the case with all the great is a column, surmounted n\' an urn, vears after Wolfe's death, to m; u-|< th. work if th IS master an d i s conse- spot on which he stood one da\- during queiitly diHicult to authenticate. his Clii'istmas vacation. in 1741, when .\ well-painted portrait ^•^'i Wo ;ollection. It represents her ;r the King's commission to his lirst posi- mother also hangs in the Squerry^.- tion in the army was placed in his hands the follow .Vt the b; ise ol th e column are in"' nnes X'OUlli f, ;ood-lookini w Oman, Willi th ice expressive o\ gre at kindliness ili'i'i' lirst v.is \\\ill'o with iiiarlial .ircioiir tireil, Here tirsi with loi\' s briijhli'st 'I'his spot so sai'reil will tor e\ rr I'laini .\ |)roiKl all l.llU'l" wi th it s lU'lM s 11,'111U>, heart, balanced judgment and f.rmiiess o'i character. One oi the most interesting posses- sions oi the house is the collection iM' her famous son's letters, written to her Stiuerryes Court contains two p arious periods ol his lift Tl le or' handwriting is in most cases plain and traits (^i Wolfe. O ne ol th sents him a t th ese repre- easily read M in\' them are ex- e age ol fifteen, in the tremelv interestins^, two t>f theni it ./ VISIT TO Till-: lilRTIini.ACh: OF /AMF.S WO/. IF 1 lIlL- is a lU aiul xpro- icnja- lari4'o ropro- t was iriotor 10 last .it last iroui^li ho ro- ikosUm' orlrait , \vont\ - nt'llioso li'd tVoni . all tho ill I'^iii^- W'olfo's tlieso is in iho oiidon, a rts. Il is niado al 10 o^ llio days bo- 'I'liis in- iissossiiin \'or\ ro- i\o ill llio disoinor- d to lia\ 11 is uii- tlio i^roat is ooiiSL-- to. r Wolfe's Squori'w..- lior as a [1, with a dlinoss ol .1 liriiinoss li;' possos- llootioii c{ ten to hoi' life. Tho plain and 1 aro ox- theni ill particular attractiiii^' ni\ attontion. Ono upon nio )t" th loso written at linornoss on his risk aiu iho ononiy puis nolliin!^ to I I oan't in ooiisoioiuo put tho twentv-lirth hirtlulav r uns as foil OWS Iho winter wears away, so tlo our years, and so does life itself; and it matters little where a man passes his days and what station he iills, or whether lie he i,'-reat or eon siderable ; but it imports him somothinj^' to look to the manner o\' life. This day am I live-and-twenty years ot as^e, and all that lime is as nothini^'. When I am lifty (if it so happens) and look back, it will be the same, and so on to the last hour. Hut it is worth a moment's consideration that wo may be called away on a sudden, uiii^uarded and unprepared ; and the oftener those thous;-|its are entertained, the loss will be the dread or fear o'( death. \on will juds^e by this sort of discourse that it is the dead o\' iii<;ht, when all is ciuiol and at rest, and one o[' those iiiter\als wherein men think oi" what they really aro, and wliat they really should be ; how much is expected and how little performed. Our short duration hero, and the tloubts o\' horoaftor, should awe aiul deter the most llaj^i lions, if they rollootod on them. The little time taken in \'or meditation is the best em- ployed in all their lives ; ['ov if the un- certainty of our state and beins^' is then brought before us, and that compared with our course o\ ^:on<\u^\., wlui is there that won't immediately i.lisco\er the inconsistency o'i all his behaviour and the \ aiiity of all his pursuits? And yet, we aro so mixed and compouiidod that thoui,''h I think seriously this min- ute, aiul lie dow n with i;\iod intentions, it is likol\ I may rise with my old na- ture, or perhajis with the addition oi some now importinoiico, and bo tho same wandorini^' luin]i cif idle errors that I have e\oi" boon." Tile last letter ho ever wrote to his mother is also ot inlorost : "Hank.s oi' Mil. St. L\wi^i:nci.. " j; 1 St .\u_l;'usI, i 75(1. " Okak M.\iv\.m. " M\- writiiii^' to you will convince you that no personal e\ ils, worse than de- feats and disapiioiiitnionl^, ha\ o fallen w nolo ariii\ to rist M' antai-onisi has uisoK shut hinisi. up in inacces- sible entrenchinonts, so that I can't i^ot at him without spillinj; a torrent ol bliHul, and that perhaps to little pur- pose. " The .Mai\|uis iA\.' Montcalm is at the head oi' a s^roat number of bad soldiers, and I am at the head o\' a small nuni- bor of j^ood ones that wish for nothiui.; so much as to fii,dit him ; but the wary old lollow avoids an action, doubtful o\' the bolia\iour o'i his ariiix'. i'eoplo must be o^ the profession to understand the disadvantaijes and difficulties wo labour under, arisini;- from tiie common natural stroni^-th o\ tho country. I wish ymi much health, and am, dear Madam, " N'our obotlioiU and atfoctionato son, y^^v ^^^t ^y riiroui^lioul his lilo Wolfe \\;is in the most intimate symp.ithy with his mother. She had iLjreal inlluenco with him aiul was consullod b_\ him in all the interests ol' his life. Much oi her onori4'v was spent in the boy's oailv years, in curbini;' his fier} spirit, but she was unable to |tro\ent him Irom joininj^' tho army as a \iiluntoor before ho was fourteen \ ears ot a^e. .\s he was about to sail with tho Carlai^oiia oxpoilitiiMi under Lord C'.'ithcart, he was LloopK touchetl b\' his mother's sorrow and solicitude, lor ho wrote to her in the following;' terms : "... \'er\ sorry, dear Mamma, that \ou doubt my lo\ e. which I'm sure is as sinck're as o\ or any son's was to his mother ... I will certainly write to you . . . by e\ cry ship I moot, because I know it isiin tluty. iJosides, if it was not, I would do it out of Km e, with pleasure . . . but. pray, dear .Mamma, if \ou lo\e me, don't i^ixe yourself up to fears tor us. I hope, il it please Clod, we shall soon see one another, which will be the lia|ipiosl day that o\ or I shall see." I'ortnnatoh for Wolfe, lie did imt. Till-: CAXADLW MACA/.IXh: after pcilit by a all, .iiininpain lliis disasiroii^ (.'V- thus l">c>."iiiiiiiiiL;' sclo Iioir to tlu' \'ir- iiMi. I lis (.■ntluisiasni was clu'ikctl i^inian piupcrtv and In a position ol in- 11 attack ol' illness, aiul \w was liepeiuleiuc. li til roinain at Iumik'. is iiitcrcstint-' to iioIl', m pa^ \\ i'IIl's mt>tlur i.'iKUa\ inii\'i.i uiisiu'- c\'ssriili\ to ix'i^iilati' Ikt sdm's Kui- all ai rs for so\ era! years. At I Ik- ai^e of tu only- one he beiame allaeh- eil to a claiiju'litei' ol Sir W'iliVeil l.awsiMi, ^A \\ ell, a iiiaiil (ilhonoiir lo the I'liiuess ol' Wales. I le wooeJ hei lor se\ei"al years, hut y slie Jill iu>t return his ^ alleL-tion, lausiiii^- iiiin inueh inihappiness. "^ Mrs. Wolfe eiuleaviMir- "_ eil to wean him Ironi - this attaehmeni, aiitl 3 teniptei.1 him w itii se\- _. er.il ol her I'axourites, '■z in partieuiar iirs^'iiii;- ^ him lo devote his at- ^ tent ion to a .Missl losU- 2 ins, a L'roydon iiciress, 1 worth liiirty thousand > pounds. Woll'e was, = however, proof aijainst iier ."ir on aiHl eoiikl not Ite led into a course of action dist.isteful to him. The C'l'ovdi HI uir in cmirse o( time, itecame the wife of his friend John Warde, oi Squer- ryes. I. on;, had re aft er Wolf. ali/ed th;it his suit with .Miss LawsiMi was hopeless, he i:o\\\^ not think oi her or hear ol herwithout emotion. II e relers lo this in a letl er written to his mother about a year alter his linal rejeclion b\ her, while o\^ a \isit intr, that t leorye \\'ashin<>-ton"s eldest to a friend who possessed a iiclure o'i brother served in I.iird C'athcart's armv, this lad\ II e sa\s : aiu ,hik eni ayed in the sieye o'i .My mistress" picture hans^s up in Cartai,^ena, contracted the diseasewhich the room where we dine. It took away caused his death, his \ounyer brother \w\ stomach for two or three da\s aiul letti th lo :s are sion- iiiu in acti \o\\o\ th. niadJ at thi obla[ Inl wa- i^adel suciil ties ij iodeil ./ r/s/r 7i) rill: niRi iiri.Aci-: or /.i Mrs woi.rr. \w \ir- Mi ol iii- 1 unsm'- I's llUO s V.' \ c f ; 1 1 twonty- .' alliuli- Icr ol' Sir son, ol ifhoiunir i.CSS ol .•ai>, I'liil ^■turn liis siiiL;- llilH appiiicss. Kloa\ oiir- hiiii iVoiii L'nl, and willi sc\- [i\ oni'ilos, r urt;in,L;' to his al- lissl losk- in lioiress, llunisaiKl 'olfo was, >ot" against and could to a coursi.' ^tastolul lo di>n i;irl, in 110, bcoanio liis Iriond J, ol' Squcr- I'tor Wolfe >d tliat his iss l.awson ss, Ik- i-ould f heriM- hear nit oinotioii. to this in a ten to his lOut a year iial rojeclion lilo on a visit a picture ot haiii^s up in It took away i-ee davs and made ine look L;ia\e ; but time, the ne\ er-lailiii!^ aid maile the semblam e ol her a pleasiny, but not a dan;;*. liiul it Ih'sI ni't lo trust m_\scir lo the lady's e_\(.s, oi- lo put eonli- deiK'e in an\ resiilul iiMis ol my own. " liel'ore his linal de- parture lor America, W'olte was attracted to ■\ Miss l.inMher, sisicr ol the man who atler- wards became first \-.\w\ o'i l.imsdale. She re- tuineilhis afleclion. and prescnteil him with a small miniature oi Iier- self which he wore around iiis neck Linlil the iiiiL;iit before the l^allle o\ the Plains o\ Abraham, when he de- li\ered it into the keep- iiiiL;' oi his friend |er\ is ,^ (afterwards l-larl St. - \ incent ) for traiismis- ; siiMi to Miss Lou tiler, - IS he had a slrouL;' pre- sentiment that hewould '- be killed o\\ the mor- - row. Amoiii;- the Squerryes ] letters is one w ritten b\ ; this lady in reference \ to Wolfe's deatli. ', Alons^w ith the letters are the various commis- sions held by Wolfe dur- ing- his military career. He became ;m ensi-^ii in his Hfteenth year. acted as adjutant in the followiiii,'- year during;' the I)ettiiii:^en cam- paii^n, when he was made a lieutenant, and at the ai^e oi se\enieeii obtained a captaincy. In another year he was appointed a i'>ri- jL;ade-major, and as such foui^ht al the bat- tles oi l-'alkirk and L'ul- loden against Prince tliarlie. lo ihst nms obj resseil eel. \o\ o low Is. h.is e\er, I rnj-: cia.i/^/.i.v i/.u;.i-^/.va' lieutcnanl-coloncUh. 'H ^^^^_^^^._ seven cunn-'^-; ' ^.^^,,,^1. Suchrap-Klaava.Kumm ^^^^^^^^^ in a period nnH^I^ ''ere aistribuled the P"^^'^-. ^^^'■^•';" o,- bv corrupt through luvounti^m means. , i ,^j tlie ex- When he -as chosu ^ U ^^^ ^^^^^^^ pcaition ag^unst y;;^ ^ ^^ .onferred '-=->< ^;': "^^^^^Vii' ^poinunen. created ,,,,,,h 3^^^l^-->^;';^^ scores of K^n- ,1,0 servK-e, the.e ^^^ ^r •„. seniority. --r^v-;e^:xpoc;e^'-^''^^>•=^ r"f .'"^t" oweler, passed_ then. Icadei . I 111, n incapacity and ,;,v -md character are '■ 1., .1- 111 phvsical ; alv tor a a*. !•> oi \ ■ 1 tvnrow shouldei^. Vanie and '''".'V'' . ,,, -.n ..ait ...(vxkv and un-andy oth m ^a ,,,-. sharply p^-'^'^^';;""^'-, an,■ Jvaiandlorehead ' '^ \ ' ' , .,^ -nwas pale --^ ^^^f'^,'^, ,heek-bones P'-onva,en. . an 1 :;:!:;^tre";^nd.:i;r;:htandlu;i ; „, i-edeenvaiLi- cons;u- ::.^^r'x: ;:^ ..uu no. o, ;::,Jhne..:nh.countena.Ke 111. iK'alth uas nexe. -on and the x ar:ed a^^'-'-^ ;^ ^ . ^=''^'^^'^r'-"^T Id r'nhini. m '''-''' ^'Tsu er 1 nnich iron, ni, latter years h. suHu. ^^^ _.^.,,^.,.^a ,,, rheumai:sniandgr:.A. • ^^ ,;,ntly, U.rehisssltenn^su..l .nM ^^^^^ anduascontayudU s-t.,.K ^^^^^^^__ nvaiaf.on not to 1 . ^,^^, waspart^cuUn-lv.u....lW _^^^^^.^^^,.,,. last year Ot h:s hie h- 1-1 ^^^,^ ^^,^^„ ,he nnal camp^.L;! '^ ■;-. ^.,- distress he was hi a --^^■'Y;^;^ \ud, durin, ■, ,,,^i,H,s sununer ■months hetore ouei^:^^^'-- ^'>v,r;::^;^ eiidu!- ^^>-^^-^s^id^h":::^aa 7::i;i. p^^^^- aiice. Saul n^. ^, ,.^,,, ,-;ui- -an: " » ^^^^^^ '^" hU W. prav. make -^^^""'^;r;'rm' l-\vUhout pain nio up so that I ma . for a texv days and ah U .^^^^^ on that is all! Nvant. ^ .'^ --^,. ,,,,a ^ ,,neoccasionthat asKk oh ^^^^^^ wretchedconslitulioi\\oh ■ ^_ ^^^^^^.^ p,-obaMy tl^>'^^^'.'^^;^' " ; ...ntleman ,11 me of constitution, that .^t ,/ i/s/r TO Till: niRTiini.Mi-: or james wdij-i-:. -•'» V plain - \o h laiiUy oult-lor^. h in u:i"'' la- oIKMi lap of all ri.'».'v.'i.l'.nL;' ,-onipl>-"<- irk'^'^. '^'^ i. and lii^ I'u aiul tu'l nu L-o 11"^'. !.'.-_ ml lu^K- ot i\on;iiKX'. vol- robvi-'' Pi,. Kxn-a Ml' him. I" imuli iVoni , oxMK'ral li^' a pal'^-'H^l) • UL-ab) au'.n- l.,_.cn i-k'tcr- onu'. 'I'l-'^ ,. cV.n-'n^- tii^' ^.^-aralAMi-t^^'' niai.i'- when Aiul.cUinni; oiUh- bot"^^''^' hrou-h much 1 o-roiil cnelur- ■ u^ liis phy-^'- ,v.'ll vou can- ^a.pi-av, make Nvillunil pam lo ao my ^^^>^>' 1 bcinu- tola on k olVucr iiaJ a Voile ansWorcU. , M ■ " Pon I that ocntloman has a L;i>od spirit, aiul spirit uill (.'arry a man tlirDiii^li c\ >.r\ tliin!^." Not, in tlu' midst nl' his trmiliUs, ho was ever atlontivo \o \\w sullcriiii^s ol those ahout him. I his was a marl<(.al ll'atiiro in liis I'haractor, o\on when lio was in iho pri-ss i.^'i most hazardous un- il».'rtakinj4;s. I'or instance, on the momoralile morning;' ol the asv.\Mil ol tile heii^iits ot llie St. Law renee, a cap- tain in the foremost slormini; |->art\ \\,is shitl ihrout^h the eliesi . W'oh'e nolieini^ this rushed lo his side, i">res>(.'d his iiand and praised his \aiour, eneourai^ed iiim lo be off^ootl spirit, promiseel him Ilmn e o\' absence and promotion aiul sent an aide-ile-eamp to lell (ieneral Monel;ton \\iiat his wisiies were, in ease 1k' should not live l.o earrv liiem out himsclt'. Xeeilless lo sa\ , this sympathetic trail in W'oUe won the devotion of his sol- iliers. 'I"liroui;liout his life he jtossosscd liie art o\ allractin;^ friemls, and ol bind- iujL; them to him an escep- tion.al faeiihv s:\ e 111' \vill l>f |)ni|iiM tiiin,(trl\ nuulilii'il lii (iiul liiiiisi'ir ill ili«n^ li> lIl'siMAC t.lMHir. I ,UM lu'.lltlJN si>II\ 111 liiul hini iii\ol\iil willi llir rrsl, nl wlinsi' .'iliilil ii's HI' iiitllii.'il i'ltis iiiiliiub lias ,iii\ \i-r\ liiii;li lUiliiMis ; l>til C'liniwallis is ;i man ot' .ip- |ii>'\fil ciHM',n;i' .'iiui tiiU'lilN. lie li;is mi- li.ip|iily, hi'i'M iiiislcil iipiMi this iii I'iisiiiii liy I'l'iipli' Hi' not ji.ijt' his \ ,ilnc." W'olle's j-iopuLnitv \\;is lunvheie j^ieali'r than .imoii:^ liis brother-ollieeis. lie was {w^- from all meanness and scllishness, and was as reailx lo ae- knowledj^e worth in another as 1k' was ».|u;ek to reeoL;ni/e it. lie was cwr |L;ia».l lo eiK'oura^e youn;4er men by pi\-- eepl, b\ example, ;ind b\ fiiciulU ai ' I ' ■ ■ •■ ions. In the same measure he del est- ed the \ieious, the idle, t he preteni ions ;md tluise w ho oeeu piei.1 positions w hieh the) were not litled to till lie took a serious view ^^\ lite and its responsibilities, aiul ev i.'n rei;ari.lei.l himself as one from whom vv.is e\|X'et- K.-U, at all tiiiK's, iIk' performaiU'e o'i 111 an uniiul- aml sensitive nature. I lis outbursts o\' temper were infretpient and Iran- sient, aiul are not to be woiiilereLl at vv hen we bear in miiul his vv relehed pliys:- eal eoiKlilion. There was no malice in him, iu> jeal- ous, eiiv ious sj-iiiit. I lis hoarl was vv .arm and sv m- palhetic, ;nul lu' was dis- tiiii^-uishetl for h's h'i^h re- t^'ard for truth and lumour, ;is well ;is lor his faillilul- ness to his tViem-ls, es|ie- ciallv when they were in trouble. Thus, when his friend Colonel L"ornwall;s was niuler disi^raee \\^v his .■u'>.|uieseenee in llie refusal ol the (.iovernor o^ tiibrai- t;ir lo ;iid .\dm:ial HyiiiL^', W'olte wrote to his father in the follow iii!^' teinis : - " ! ilon'l siippiise tlu're is a man li\ init;' nmri' lo be pilieii than pour I'ornwallis. As lie li.'is moi'i' /I'.il, more meril, ,iiul moi'i' iiiles^Til v lli.tn one I'om- i.-,;eM a\ inn I'uivi monlv iiu'els wiili .imoiij;' nu'ii, .II-. s PKOIII.I Ik- 3° Wan.h ollvsUorU .UK '.MKM-al IK. cl.l no K- "U'ci l^is lunuM.r auu.s :;. .nsi^n or c^>P'^^-; iMonUlK-v.nbo^nuun^ ^,nv,s.;nv.rlKanr;uU'a •hm-s bv iri> aii'.u-^''H-' " all 1-- -"•'<• ^■^■'T^;^ bocamoa rwut.nant-.o famous llu-ouL;hout tb. nn lor Uk- bcaltu ami ...oaconcUuMolb-— ' • 7or ibc iborou-hucs. o „,, aiscipliuo amon^ UK.n. and tor 'l^^-";'f: ourous prosocutiou ol .ork allott.a lo ihcu. WoUV was nol only a practical soUbcr. He loved and sludicd iIk tboorv aud scicucc ot , tlK-miruaryarl. I'^i vcars be cbensbed a passionate desire to pursue bis studies on Ihc Continent, and felt tbe keenest disap- pointment wben per- ;,,isv,on was retused him. In order to make up for the educational a'ebciencies ol bis voulb, be worked at classics, mathematics ,,„a otber branches while attending;- to bis reuimentaUbities.em- plovinu- Uitors when- ' ' ho could obtain rjir. r.i.v.i/>/.iv mM'-^^'^^' \ a sensation would be created now-a-days it our smart youn^" otb- ^^^; r.j^b:;: ;::;^rba;;;:ck lirc, em midst ot tnui -...u-rvals n the ac quisition ot som«- ,, ,,...,. Wolte uas reco},- ^'•"' \l lite iH-st authorities :n ui/edasoneo Mb ^,„a (here »>'''^'''' ''^ '"rT-.dvce having 1^^^- --'T'"'^h.Vr:n; Hvasions.aswell .,u,bt --''"; ^;:„iors as in uuKors In a letter to a ^r^uC advising hnn ^p '^ •'. courseot -'ludv.h.savs. .' lu these day-' • • • ' • i, is much lo be vM-lK'd that all our >^'^'"^,:;;- ,. would li> ,o make ibeinsebes lit tor that inipoilaiit trust. l.i,hou,.. ---\"!t ,UKler tbe supeno. ab r.cs and indetati^able n austry o^ ^n"- '•^-^^^•''' neiiibbours No doubt 11 ^Y'^ SVohe's reputation to. tborouKbiK>ss and know - ,,,a..e ubich contribul.d "u^ilv to his rapid P-o- .,,,.s: Another leature. "iso, undoubtedly plaved :;ome pai-t in helping •,,, he impress on which he ever made on senior men o abd- Uv or position by his precociously though - lul and Li-rave attitude of mind, by thc'.'r^; ,,ss of his debbe -. ,aive faculty, and the soundness ot his., ud^- u^cnl. Wolfe's tmiil op- portunity was un- doubtedly due to the vcrv high opinion en- KM-t'ained ot h>m b> ,hose in the biK^hesI especialh n> himself. H's keen. ,,hservanl "^''^^^X rcco-ni/.ed >n Wolfe ,cience and P-| - .^ ;\; leadership. 7/,/s- h 'In- only fortnni "f //„■ /possession oj Co/""" „,S.,n.'rnrs (<•">'■ \ I .S(7;(n'A. til "" ■ science and P-^^^>- A ^ leadership, ciualihcations essenti.U .1 i/s/r ro rill- iur riiri.Aci-: or /\\//-:s iro/.r/-:. .;i /ins; >■•»■'"•'" s, ii>> ^^«-•l' ' ;i IV-aIhI as lo :i V . Ik '^ay^: S . . • • • , ouiii; •^^^*- wouKl iry ■tiuil uusl ; ^. nuist sink jxTior abili- liitiL;aH>-' '"'' M il ^''•''^ ,s :uhI Uiiou - , ,oiUribuU'i.l ;,s rapid pio- ,,llK'r u-aUiic", ibtodU playc-d in iK-lpiiii,^ lie inipr*-"-^'"-"^ K' ever made ir iiK-n i^f abil- H^sition by b's ovislv thoui;bt- ^rra'vo latitude (^ l-iv the ripo- ,f his deliher- uuUv. and the ,^,ss oHiis iudi,- 'I'lmui^li iiol a politician, lie was a slriMii; palrinl, ewr lilleil uilli a buin- 1111 ilesifi ■ uUaiue Ills eiunitrv s linal op- was iin- ediv due to the iVioh opinion en- ned of him by the hit^hest oi authority, bv J^it^ keen. he's iiitv m L-iaWv leU". ' I'i^ rvanl mind hau oni/.ed in W^^*'- ,U of the lushest ,r. careful aUen- ,ce of his smallest nthusiasm for the f war. and all the ia\ to leadership- }iKM'\ . Iiuleed, il is pruhable that in his eareer lie w.is as inneli inllueneeii h\ this eoiisideralion as li_\ any persv)nal amliition. That he was alwa\ sainbititnis to sliine is very evident, aiul that he was soine- liiiies liisappoinleil when jiroini'tivin did not take plaee as he wislu'i! is ei.|uall\ ele;n'. ^'el li's ainbilion was ol the |iurest oidei' thai woiiKi oiilv seek lame and aiUaiKenK'iit b\ iaii' aiul iioiu>iirabK' means. Me was entirely free from \anity or eoneeit, IIiouljIi he was not laekini.;' in a I'eerni;; ol eonli- ilenee in his ow n powers. I lis nature was o\ the !;ra\e, lellee- ti\e order, and lie was <;i\en a i^iuvl deal to inlrospeetion. lie was very sensitive and reaeled i.|uieklv \o the nature iil his suiroundini^s. Me ever ilrevv on his trii.'iids lor sv nipathy , seem- ing.; to feel the need oi eompanionship. As a i^eiiei'al, thouinh Wolfe had few opportunities ot exereisinj^' his aitiiity , he well ileserves the attribute ol i^real- iiess w hieli has been univ ersally eon- eeded U> him. Me liatl an eye lor per- spective, possesseil the power o\' selee- lion and was able \o i4i\e lo tiiinii's theii' propel' proporlional values. Tlnis, in his first j^reat opporl unity o\ exereis- iiii^- his i^eneralship, viz., in the affairs o\' the Hasquc Koad, a few hours sullieed to make a tiioroui^'h survey ol' the enemy's position, to reeoi^ni/e the streiii^^th ;md weakness ol' their de- leiues, to draw vip a plan o\' action, whicii, at a milit.iry council held after- wards in I'aiLilaiul, was declaretl lo be brilliant, masterly and worthy of havini;' been carried into execution. The l.ouisboui'i^ campaii.iii emplia- si/i.'il titlu'i le.iliires in lii> cliai acler, V i/., Iiis perliiiacils , liis luilirini; eiieii;v , iiis persiiiial br.iverv ,nid his Urlililv ol resoiuve. 'I'lioui;!! \mluMst was the nominal lu;ul ol llie expedilion, thv i;Kny ol the tail i>l I .ouisbi>urL; l>elont;s to Wolfe. lie w.is iMie ol llie lirst to lanil fiiMii llie ships, and Jav afur dav during; the siei^e he was vv^t plaiiniiii; new movements and execulint;' them Willi pioinplness and v ii^'our, \o the admiralion K'^i his soldier^ and ihe amazemeiil ol the Ww " W'lllli', U Ill'IT ir ill' llMllLilll, Till so iiiiii'li ol Ills lii'.iil iiilo lii-« ,iil, Tii.il Ills I'x.imple li.'iil a iii.ii^iu'l •» liMi-i', Aiul .'ill \M'ii' swin 1(1 tolKnv vvluMii .ill K'M'il. " Ouebec |irov etl his patience ;nid lliorouj^hness, ;md his iierce delermina- litni lo loi'ce the ein'iin to li!.;hl as Ik- wished in sncli a manner a■^ lo exjiost their weakness to him. \-'o\. il is lo be uiulersioot.1, Wolfe ilid nol conqiK-r Ouebec because he climbed 1 lie heii^hls o( Abiahain, i'>ut because this pictur- esi.|ue leat wastlii' di.'terininin^ I'ause in biinj.:iin.; on a i^eneral enj^auienienl bi.- t w cell his small, compact aiul thorouL^h- ly traiiiei.1 force and I he laii^w unreliable, 11-discipliiied boilv under Montcalm. This had been his heart's (.lesiie tlirouL^h the loiii;', wearv months ol waitiii!:^'. It must, tlK'iefore, be concludei! th.it thoui^h, in i.|uantilv, the sum o\ Wolle's performances is far below the measure o\' the ileeils o\ \\ ellini.;lon. Napoleon or .M.irlboroui^li, the i.|uality of his w ork indicates u;i.'nuis of iIk' s.ainc lii^h order as theirs. I lie brilliancv ol his brief am.! meteoric career, achiev in^;', as it (.lid, such i;loriinis results for the I'aiipire, t^av e also the assurance that his life would have continneil :it ;he same Iii.i;h level o( .action had I'lovi- dence prolonged his clays. 1 '• ..5