ΤΟ WILLIAM, ELEVENTH EARL OF MEATH. MY DEAR FATHER, I dedicate to you this small volume, which would never have been written had not my thoughts been turned towards the duty of working for others by the example which in your person, since my earliest childhood, I have ever had before my eyes. Your simple piety, your attachment to duty, your energy and untiring labours in the service of others, have been my admiration; and my ambition is to be able to follow in your footsteps. Your devoted Son, KILLRUDDERY: September 1886. BRABAZON. |