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ldering a burst of it is for the first time at forty-nine.' And this late
sunshine of popularity still further softened him. He was a bit of a
porcupine to the laststill shedding darts; or rather he was to the end a
bit of a schoolboyand must still throw stonesbut the essential
toleration that underlay his disputatiousnessand the kindness that made
of him a tender sicknurse and a generous helpershone more
conspicuously through. A new pleasure had come to him; and as with
all sound natureshe was bettered by the pleasure.
I can best show Fleeming in this later stage by quoting from a vivid
and interesting letter of M. Emile Trelat's. Hereadmirably expressed
is how he appeared to a friend of another nationwhom he encountered
only late in life. M. Trelat will pardon me if I correcteven before I
quote him; but what the Frenchman supposed to flow from some
particular bitterness against Francewas only Fleeming's usual address.
Had M. Trelat been ItalianItaly would have fared as ill; and yet Italy
was Fleeming's favourite country.
Vous savez comment j'ai connu Fleeming Jenkin [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]! C'etait en Mai
1878. Nous etions tous deux membres du jury de l'Exposition
Universelle. On n'avait rien fait qui vaille yilai:
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