Excerpt from The Life of Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, Vol. 1 of 2
Some of Lord Clyde"s friends being under the impression that he had prohibited the publication of any of his papers, I desire to say a word in explanation.
The impression is a mistaken one, although it cannot be denied that his consent was given with reluctance, as will be seen presently.
It must be very well known to those who were on intimate terms with Lord Clyde, that he was an exceptionally modest man. Modesty was his characteristic from his youth, and became more confirmed, instead of being lessened, by age, rank, and honours. He shrank from every kind of notoriety, and nothing but his remarkable sensitiveness in that respect caused the unwillingness he evinced to let his papers be used for a Memoir.
Notwithstanding this, in his Will he leaves it to the discretion of the trustees to dispose of his papers, adding: "It may possibly become their opinion that some short Memoir should be drawn up.
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