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-- Carlyle, it must be remembered, knew Froude's historical methods quite as well as he knew Froude.

It was because he knew them, and approved of them, that he asked Froude to be the historian of Cheyne Row.

Froude's devotion to him had indeed been singular.

During the last decade of his life Carlyle was very feeble, and required constant care.

He came to lean upon Froude more and more, requiring his company in walks, and even in omnibuses, until Froude almost ceased to be his own master.