He dreamed of the time when the barriers of caste would be thrown down, when men would have equal rights and privileges, when the aristocracy of intellect and virtue would take precedence of noble birth, when wealth would be more equally distributed, and the days when one man perished of hunger while another reveled in luxury should cease to be.

His dreams were neither exactly Liberal nor Radical; they were simply Utopian.

Even then, when he was most zealous, had any one proposed to him that he should inaugurate the new state of things, and be the first to divide his fortune, the futility of his theories would have struck him more plainly.

Mingling in good society, the influence of clever men and beautiful women would, Lord Earle believed, convert his son in time.

He did not oppose him, knowing that all opposition would but increase his zeal.