The early years of His Royal Highness the prince consort / compiled under the direction of Her Majesty the Queen, by Lieut.-General the Hon. C. Grey.

  • Grey, Charles, 1804-1870.
Date:
1867
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Credit: The early years of His Royal Highness the prince consort / compiled under the direction of Her Majesty the Queen, by Lieut.-General the Hon. C. Grey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    “ in short, of highest wisclom directed by “ genuine benevolence to highest objects. “ . . . His real strength lay most of all “ in his character, or in that which resulted “ from will and deliberate choice, springing out “ of a nature singularly pure, by God’s grace, “ from childhood. “ . . . It is only now, when he is gone, “ that all who knew him are made to feel how “ much they unconsciously depended upon him! “ like a staff on which the weak have been so “ long accustomed to lean, that they know not “ how essential it was to their support until it “ be removed, and when with a sigh they with- “ draw the hand from the place, now empty, “ where it was wont to be! “ It is this feature in the Prince’s character,” Dr. Macleod adds, “ which ought to make every “ one sympathize to the very utmost with Her “ Majesty, who, of all persons on earth, had the “ best means of knowing it, and the best means “ of proving it in a thousand ways in every-day “ life, and who had the best grounds therefore “ for appreciating its constancy, its tenderness, “ its unfailing strength.” And well may the
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