125 The 126 127 128 ‘As a matter of fact, no man living, or who ever lived—not Cæsar or Pericles, not Shakespeare or Michael Angelo—could confer honour more than he took on entering the House of Lords.’—Saturday Review, December 15, 1883. Cæsar Pericles Shakespeare Michael Angelo ‘Clumsy and shallow snobbery—can do no hurt.’—Ibid. O Lords 129 130 131 December 15. 132 Scarce 133 134