Iron to enmity, he was soft as a woman to kindness; unbending as steel to pressure, he was ductile as wax to love.

John Stuart Mill had the insight in 1868 to see his value, and the courage to recognise it.

He strongly supported his candidature, and sent a donation to his election expenses.

In his "Autobiography" he wrote (pp.

311, 312):-- "He had the support of the working classes; having heard him speak I knew him to be a man of ability, and he had proved that he was the reverse of a demagogue by placing himself in strong opposition to the prevailing opinion of the Democratic party on two such important subjects as Malthusianism and Proportional Representation.