I hail in you those simple and unaffected feelings which it contains.

May you _always_ preserve that great warmth and truth of character which you now possess, and rest assured that it will be an ornament to you, and the means of finding the same truth and warmth of feeling in others.

Those who serve, from whatever motive it may be, have always their eyes wide open on their superiors, and no qualities impose so much on them the necessity of respect, which they _gladly avoid_, than a warm and noble character that knows how to feel for others, and how to sympathise with their sorrows.

I pity Lord John from all my heart, having always had for him sentiments of the sincerest regard.

I fear that as a political man it may prove also a severe blow.