he heart of man;
For good undone and time misspent and resolutions vain
'Tis somewhat late to trouble--this I know;
I would live the same life over if I had to live again
And the chances are I go where most men go.

I am perfectly well aware of the comments which that statement may
suggest. The orthodox may, if they please, draw a moral for their own
tastes; and I could draw a moral which is not quite orthodox. I only say
that I have tried to describe his final position in the matter, without
reserve; and that, in my opinion, whatever else it shows, it reveals
both the sincerity and the manliness of a man who dared to look facts in
the face.

I must speak, though briefly, of his political sympathies in this
period, for they were exceedingly deep and strong. His position as a
judge gave him the solace of an employment which could divert his mind
from annoying reflections. It may be held that it should also have
restrained him more completely than it did from taking any part in party
controversies. I confess that to be my own opinion. He felt that he
ought to keep within limits; but I cannot help thinking that they might
have been a little closer than he would quite acknowledge. The old
journalistic impulse, however, stirred within him when he saw certain
political moves, and he found it impossible quite to keep silence. The
first occasion of his writing was upon the starting of the 'St. James's
Gazette,' under the editorship of his old friend Mr. Greenwood. Both
personal and political sympathy induced him, as he put it, 'to take Mr.
Greenwood's shilling,' and I believe that he also enlisted Maine.
Besides the poem which I have quoted, he wrote a good many articles upon
legal and literary topics from 1881 to 1883, and some which came very
close to contemporary politics. The doctrine may be pretty well summed
up in the phrase which he quotes more than once--[Greek: Demos psephizon
megalen archen dialysei.] I need not follow the applications which he
indicates both to Indian matters and to Mr. Gladstone's Irish policy.

He ceased to contribute after the beginning of 1883, but he wrote
occasional letters under his own name to the 'Times.' The chief of
these (I believe that there were others) were reprinted, and attracted
some notice. In 1883 a question arose in which he had a special
interest. In passing the Criminal Procedure Bill he had accepted what
was described as a compromise. Magistrates were to rec