ABSTRACT
T \VO 1)coplc cliccl in ~ 8 8 8 who hacl becn important to Joscpll. One was Jolin 13riglit, tllc J~cro of his hoyliootl. 111 Iiis early t ~ ~ ~ c n r i c s ~o e~-rl l liad staycd wit11 IJr-ight in llis Inrc liousc a1 Iloclitlalc, atit1 lincl found tlicrc, probably for the lirst timc, a n op1)ortunity to cliscuss politics with a mati ~ v h o knew t l~cnl at first-Il;i~itl. 'J'l~csc visits Ilacl givcn thc young man fro111 T'avcnicnt cxcitirig glinipscs of a ~vorlcl far rccnovcd from the cnclosetl Quaker sctting in n4iicll hc normally livccl. Later o n josel'h cnnic to tlisngrcc ~vitli J3rigI11 ovcr-I-lomc Rule for Ircland; I I C upl~clcl (;laclsto~~c's policy. I3iit wlicn 13riglit spoke on the Rcforni 13il1, Free l'ratlc, tlic Egyptian Campaign, and [lie ncccssity for curbing t l ~ c poarcr of t11c Ilousc of Idortls, Ile said pu1)licIy nwny tliings with whic l~ Joscplr's privatr judgcmcnt agrcctl. lTis voice was to cello it1 tlic younger man's cass for a Ions time after llis death.
