in the wish to break up their connection. Deputations without and voices within had concurred in inducing that philanthropist to take a stronger measure than usual for the good of mankind; namely, to withdraw in favor of another candidate, to whom he left the advantages of his canvassing machinery. > He himself called this a strong measure, but observed that his health was less capable of sustaining excitement than he had
“I have felt uneasy about the chest—it won’t do to carry that too far,” he said to Ladislaw in explaining the affair.
“I must pull up. Poor Casaubon was a warning, you know. I’ve made some heavy advances, but I’ve dug a channel. It’s rather coarse work—this electioneering, eh, Ladislaw? dare say you are tired of it. However, we have dug a channel with the Pioneer —put things in a track, and so on. A more ordinary man than you might carry it on now—more ordinary, you know.”