Mr.Hardie belongs to his native land; he is happier on the hills of Lanarkshire than in the Parliament of Westminster; solitude has no terrors for him.

Both men entered the House in 1892.

Personal integrity, blameless private life, and a doggedness that will not acknowledge defeat, have had much to do with the success that both have won.

For if Mr.Hardie remains a private member of the House of Commons while Mr.Burns is a Cabinet Minister, Mr.Hardie has lived to see an independent Labour Party of forty members in Parliament, and has himself been its accredited leader.
Again, exceptional gifts may be noted.

An eloquence of speech, a rugged sincerity that carries conviction, a love of nature and of literature--all these things, controlled and tempered by will and refined by use, have won for Mr.Hardie a high regard and an affection for the cause he champions.
For years Mr.Hardie was misrepresented in the Press, abused by political opponents and misunderstood by many of the working class.