That ambition had been to devote every energy of his mind, every muscle of his body, every hour of his life, to the Civil Service of his country.

It was not much, perhaps, that he had been able to do; he could not boast of those acute powers of mind, of that gigantic grasp of intellect, of which they saw in those days so wonderful an example in a high place.' Sir Gregory here gratefully alluded to that statesman who had given him his present appointment.

'But still he had devoted all his mind, such as it was, and every hour of his life, to the service; and now he had his reward.

If he might be allowed to give advice to the gentlemen before him, gentlemen of whose admirable qualifications for the Civil Service of the country he himself was so well aware, his advice should be this--That they should look on none of their energies as applicable to private purposes, regard none of their hours as their own.

They were devoted in a peculiar way to the Civil Service, and they should feel that such was their lot in life.