ABSTRACT
The death of Professor Fawcett has caused a sense of personal loss and bereavement in thousands of homes, where, though not personally known, his name was a household word for unswerving truth and unflagging courage. His whole life was a record of extraordinary talent persistently applied to the highest form of social duty. A deprivation which would have crushed less brave men to the earth only served to strengthen his courage. His death is not only an irreparable loss to the Government, who are unlikely to place so good a man again in his post, but to the House of Commons, without distinction of party, and to the whole country. In whatever department of Government he has been engaged, his force and ability made themselves felty and all, even those who differed the most widely from him in opinions, felt the charm of his geniality, his earnestness, and his steady adherence to principle.
