(Continued from page 264.) nominally had been ranged. Yet his uncompromising dislike—of "Toryism" was unshaken. It is 100] early yet to assess his position in English public life. Of his character it may be said that he was honest to a fault, endowed with true Yorkshire grit and more of a typical Englishman even than Mr. Stanley Baldwin, He did not attract friends, but he compelled admiration for his independence of thought, his loyally to the class from which' he sprang. his devotion to his country—even though it often took the form of thinking it wrong—and his magniflcent personal courage in overcom= ing constant physical pain, Most of all will he be remembered for the incomparable affection which marked his happy marriage to a lady of great charm and lively me telligence. Lady Snowden's comradeship directly belied the character which Snowden often seemed to give himself in his curable passion for defying popularity. He gave much to England and the giving was made possible largely by her undeviating care and sympathy.
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