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THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT.
NOT KNOWN HERE.
LIFE'S TRAGEDY AND COMEDY.
NEWPORT A SECOND LIVERPOOL
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.
DOCTORS-OLD STYLE AND NEW.
ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS.
A CONTRAST IN CORRESPONDENCE.
DREAMS AND TEARS.
THE PRECIPICE OF MATRIMONY.
HOW TO LIVE FOR EVER.
PUNCTUALITY "THE THIEF OF TIME."
NO KNOWLEDGE OF KISSES.
A SMART RETORT.
THE BUSHRANGER'S METHOD.
MAKING THE WAIST PLACES GLAD.
AS OTHERS SEE US.
THE MIGHTY LORD MAYOR.
A DAY OF GREAT JOY.
THE GOOD OLD ENGLISH OATH.
PRAISE IN BUCKETSFUL.
AN EASY SOLUTION.
A READY ANSWER.
WELCOME.
THE SEVEN AGES.
A DELICATE POINT.
THE HISTORIC HOUSE OF LORDS.

FOREWORD.

There are a few observations which may be deemed appropriate in presenting to the public this collection of extracts from the speeches of Godfrey Charles Morgan, first Viscount Tredegar; but it is inconceivable that any should be necessary by way of apology. During the course of an active and a well-spent life, happily extended beyond the allotted span, Lord Tredegar has made hundreds of public utterances. Innumerable are the functions he has attended during half-a-century and over; and at most of them he has been the central figure. But while his high station would always have secured attention and respect for his words, this volume may serve to prove to future generations what this generation well knows, that Lord Tredegar has held his listeners by his humour or by his earnestness, according to the occasion, and that, in the homely phrase, he has always had "something to say." It is my hope, however, that this little book may have a still worthier mission. For I think it will be found to reveal a noble mind. The simple words of Lord Tredegar have time and again struck deep to the hearts of his audience. Collected here, they reveal the gentleness of his disposition and the purity of his motives. They show the consistency of his life. But they do much more. They appear to constitute a great moral force. Not that his lordship ever posed as preacher, or constituted himself a Court of Judgment on any class of his fellows. There is no trace of a superior tone in his speeches. His words show sympathetic insight into the trials and difficulties that beset the path of every one of us, and his desire was never to censure, but ever to encourage and assist with kindly suggestion and cheering thought.

No aspect of these extracts is so interesting as that which enables us to observe how faithfully and well Lord Tredegar has discharged his promises. Long before he could describe himself as a landowner, he said that if ever he came into that position he would give any assistance he could to his tenants in the way of improving his land. He hoped he would never become "such a ruffian as some people would make landlords out to be." Reading later speeches we find Lord Tredegar undertaking in his turn conscientiously the public duties previously discharged by his father. We find him making the acquaintance of the farmers and studying their difficulties. We find him raising the Tredegar Show to its present pre-eminence in the world of agriculture. It is a noble record of honesty of purpose. And agriculture, as well we know in Wales and Monmouthshire, is but one of Lord