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The British nation can claim the good fortune of having on its roll of honour men and women who stand out from the ranks of their fellows as examples of lofty patriotism and generosity of character. Their fine idea of citizenship has not only in the record of their own lives been of direct benefit to the nation, but they have shone as an example to others and have stirred up a wholesome sentiment of emulation in their fellows. There has been no lack of illustrious examples in the Motherland, and especially so in the last century or so of her history.
And if the Motherland has reason to be proud of her sons and daughters who have so distinguished themselves, so likewise have the younger nations across the seas. Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, each has its list of colonists who are justly entitled to rank among the worthies of the Empire, whose generous acts and unselfish lives have won for them the respect and the gratitude of their fellows; and, as I shall hope to show, Thomas Morland Hocken merits inclusion in the long list of national and patriotic benefactors who in the dominions beyond the seas have set a worthy example to their fellows.
The Woodhouse Grove School, near Bath, where Dr. Hocken was educated, was founded in 1812 for the sons of Wesleyan ministers, and has numbered amongst its scholars many men eminent in the Church, in politics, and in the law. Though no longer exclusive in the same degree as to its pupils, it still continues to be one of the chief educational centres in England. Dr. Hocken always entertained for this old school a great affection and pride, and was never tired of describing the strenuous school discipline and Spartan diet (very different from that prevailing nowadays), or of relating anecdotes of schoolboy pranks and all the little gre...
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 1330271882
- ISBN 13 9781330271889
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages298
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