Whenever he has anything to read he has to place the paper under his eyes, and even then he finds it very difficult to read it.

His action is like that of a distracted wind-mill.

He beats the air with his whirling arms; he stands several feet from the table, and moves backwards and forwards in this space in a positively distracting manner.

And yet he is a great debater.
[Sidenote: In Opposition.] But Mr.Goschen, like every other orator of the Opposition, has fallen on somewhat evil days, and is not at his very best now.

"The world," said Thackeray long ago, "is a wretched snob, and is especially cold to the unsuccessful." This applies to that portion of the world which changes sides in the House of Commons according to the resolves of the popular verdict.