ing, 119, 122;
linguistic knowledge, 119, 120, 122, 123;
influence of Pascal, 119;
and Voltaire, 121;
on Robertson, 122;
"Essay on Study of Literature," 123;
service in militia, its influence, 123;
manuscript history of Switzerland, 124;
begins work on history, 124;
fame rests on it, 125;
Milman, Guizot, and Mommsen on it, 125;
quotations from, 126-128;
definitions of history, 126;
on religion under Pagan empire, 126;
on happiest period of mankind, 127;
on corruption, 127;
on sea-power, 127;
subjection to criticism, 128;
correctness, 128;
truthfulness, 129, 130;
use of conjecture, 129;
precision and accuracy, 129;
treatment of early Christian church, 131-133;
on Julian the Apostate, 132;
on Theodora, licentious passages, 133;
composition of history, 134;
love of books and wine, 135;
gout, 135;
and women, love affair, 136-138;
history in quarto edition, 138;
human importance of work, 139;
satisfaction with career, 139.

Gladstone, W. E., on Lecky, Carlyle, and Macaulay, 155.

Gloucester, William Henry, Duke of, on Gibbon's history, 138.

Godkin, E. L., power as journalist, 95;
essay on, 267-297;
rank as journalist, 267;
on Greeley, 267, 268;
illustration of influence, 268;
character, 269;
indirect influence, character of clientele, 270, 271;
authorship of articles in _The Nation_, 271;
Essays, 272;
early life, 272;
early optimism and later pessimism concerning America, 272, 284-290,
296;
as war correspondent, 272;
in America, journey in South, 273;
correspondent of London _News_, 273;
foundation of _The Nation_, 273;
editor of _Evening Post_, 274;
retirement, 274;
lectures, honors, 274;
and offer of professorship, 274-276;
nervous strain, 275;
accused of censorious criticism, 276;
of unfortunate influence on intellectual youth, 277;
influence on author, 278-282, 292-294;
influence in West, 279;
disinterestedness, 280;
and civil service reform, 280;
and sound finances, 280-282;
and tariff, 282;
and foreign affairs, 282;
other phases of influence, 282;
never retracted personal charges, 282;
implacability, ignores death of F. A. Walker, 282-284;
and Cleveland, 285;
and election of 1896, 286;
and Spanish War and Philippines