He desired to use words for the purpose of teaching things which he knew and which others did not know; and he desired also to be honoured for his knowledge.

But he had no desire to be honoured for the language in which his knowledge was conveyed.
He was an upright, thin, laborious man; who by his parts alone could have served no political party materially, but whose parts were sufficient to make his education, integrity, and industry useful in the highest degree.

It is the trust which such men inspire which makes them so serviceable;--trust not only in their labour,--for any man rising from the mass of the people may be equally laborious; nor yet simply in their honesty and patriotism.

The confidence is given to their labour, honesty, and patriotism joined to such a personal stake in the country as gives them a weight and ballast which no politician in England can possess without it.
If he was dull as a statesman he was more dull in private life, and it may be imagined that such a woman as his wife would find some difficulty in making his society the source of her happiness.

Their marriage, in a point of view regarding business, had been a complete success,--and a success, too, when on the one side, that of Lady Glencora, there had been terrible dangers of shipwreck, and when on his side also there had been some little fears of a mishap.