The Committee of the Athenaeum elected him an honorary member of the Club.

Even the Archdeacon, now a very old man, discovered at last that his youngest son was an honour to the name of Froude.

He knew something of ecclesiastical history, and he understood that the character of Henry, which certainly left much to be desired, might have been blackened of set purpose by ecclesiastical historians.

Froude's reputation was made.
The reviewers, most of whom knew nothing about the subject, could not hurt him.

He had followed his bent, and chosen his vocation well.