'His Majesty,' wrote the German Ambassador, 'having just brought
to a close a most enjoyable stay in the beautiful neighbourhood
of your old home near Romsey, has commanded me to present you
with some flowers as a token of his esteem.' Then, by Royal
command, the Order of Merit was brought to South Street, and
there was a little ceremony of presentation. Sir Douglas Dawson,
after a short speech, stepped forward, and handed the insignia of
the Order to Miss Nightingale. Propped up by pillows, she dimly
recognised that some compliment was being paid her. 'Too kind--
too kind,' she murmured; and she was not ironical.
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Dr. Arnold
IN 1827 the headmastership of Rugby School fell vacant, and it
became necessary for the twelve trustees, noblemen and gentlemen
of Warwickshire, to appoint a successor to the post. Reform was
in the air--political, social, religious; there was even a
feeling abroad that our great public schools were not quite all
that they should be, and that some change or other--no one
precisely knew what--but some change in the system of their
management, was highly desirable.
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