[Footnote 44: Part of this letter is in "Life of Wilberforce."] [Footnote 45: This thought, thus strongly impressed on Samuel's mind, was many years afterwards expanded by him into the lovely allegory of the "Children and the Lion," published in "Agathos and other Stories."] [Footnote 46: Bishop Wilberforce once told Dr. Woodford (Bishop of Ely) that he was naturally indolent and had at first "to flog himself up to his work." (Life, vol. iii. p. 305). To those who remember Bishop Wilberforce, and to readers of his Life, these passages must appear surprising indeed. They afford a striking instance of a natural defect turned into the contrary Christian grace.] [Footnote 47: Part of this letter is in the "Life of Wilberforce."] [Footnote 48: Part of this letter is in Bishop Wilberforce's Life.] [Footnote 49: Born 1779, younger son of Wilberforce's intimate friend, Right Hon. Charles Grant. Robert was in Parliament, 1818-34: was Judge-Advocate-General: knighted, 1834, and made Governor-General of Bombay: a persistent advocate of Jewish emancipation: author of pamphlets on Indian affairs and many well-known hymns: died 1838.] [Footnote 50: Part of this letter is in the "Life of Wilberforce."] [Footnote 51: Part of this letter is in the "Life of Wilberforce."] [Footnote 52: A single year's almsgiving exceeded £3,000. "Life of Bishop Wilberforce," vol. i. p. 22.] [Footnote 53: Eldest son of Wilberforce's old friend and ally, Henry Thornton, of Battersea, Rise, who died in 1815. The Henry Thornton of the text was only twenty-five years old when this letter was written.] [Footnote 54: The beginning of this letter is in the "Life of Wilberforce."] [Footnote 55: Lea, Lincolnshire--the residence of Sir C. and Lady Anderson. The son, in his turn, Sir Charles Anderson, was Bishop Wilberforce's life-long friend.] [Footnote 56: The Rev. John Sargent, of Lavington, father of Mrs. Samuel Wilberforce.] [Footnote 57: His life had been recently published.] [Footnote 58: The first few lines of this letter are in the "Life of Bishop Wilberforce."] [Footnote 59: Checkendon, on the Chiltern Hills in Oxfordshire, Samuel Wilberforce's first curacy, where his memory was long cherished.] [Footnote 60: Samuel's birthday.] [Footnote 61: Only son of Wilberforce's eldest son William.] [Footnote 62: The leader of these riots, whose exact personality is unknown, was called "Jack Swing," and in this name the mob sent their threats and summonses.] [Footnote 63: "Magnalia Christi Americana, or Ecclesiastical History of New England," by Cotton Mather, D.D. It was a costly book with a large map. Southey considered it one of the most "singular books in this or any other language."] [Footnote 64: Mr. Wilberforce's brother-in-law.] [Footnote 65: The seat of J. S. Harford, Esq.]