LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY BY JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN, Q.C. ἡδύ τι θαρσαλέαις τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλπίσι, φαναῖς θυμὸν ἀλδαίνουσαν ἐν εὐφροσύναις. φρίσσω δέ σε δερκομένα SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1874 All rights reserved TO SIR JOHN STRACHEY, K.C.S.I. &c. &c. &c. MY DEAR STRACHEY, I dedicate this book to you for three reasons: First, as an expression of strong personal regard, and of deep gratitude for great kindness, all the more valuable because it resembled that which I received from everyone with whom I had any relations in India. Secondly, in recollection of the month, after the arrival at Calcutta of the news of Lord Mayo's murder, when you acted as Governor-General. The sorrow which we both felt for a man whom each of us had so many grounds, both public and private, to love and honour, and the anxiety and responsibility which we shared during a very trying time, formed |