duce conviction, could never be read
without creating respect for the masculine talents of their
author......

"But the main ground on which the memory of Daniel De Lisle
Brock must rest its claims on the affection, the respect, and
the gratitude of his fellow countrymen, is the devoted--the
engrossing love which, during his whole life, he bore to his
native land. Every thought, every wish, every feeling of pride
or ambition, centered in his beloved Guernsey. She was the
idol of his affections--the object of all his solicitude--the
glory of his inmost heart. His endeavours for her welfare may
occasionally have been misdirected--his objections to change
in her institutions may have been ill-founded--but his motives
have ever been beyond the reach of suspicion or reproach. They
were concentrated in the desire for her good. Her people, her
soil, her laws, her customs, nay, even her prejudices, were
dear to him--they were his household gods. He worshipped them,
he lived for them, and he would have died for them......

"The private character of Mr. Brock presents an embellishing
and graceful adjunct to his public qualities. Bold even to
temerity in his acts; firm even to obstinacy in his opinions;
entertaining an exalted estimate of the office that he filled,
and of the interests that he embodied or represented in his
person, he was, at the same time, simple, courteous, and
benevolent in his private manner, to a degree that was as
honorable to himself, as it was gratifying to those who came
in contact with him. Mr. Brock on the bench, and Mr. Brock in
private, were distinct characters. In the former position,
conscious, probably, of his talents and his authority, he was
firm, and sometimes, though rarely, in appearance even
imperious; in the latter, resigning himself to the feelings
of the gentleman, he was affable, kind, and even diffident. In
his privacy he displayed all the attributes of a superior
mind. He was entirely devoid of pride and ostentation: his
mind was superior to the weakness they denote. He disdained
the conventional habits of society, for nature had created him
a gentleman, and he needed not the aid of art. He mingled not
in that society where he might have received the homage to
which his talents were entitled. He spent his time in study,
or in wor