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XI. page 39
At the time in question Fox was hardly eighteen. The following
letter from Lord Carlisle, written in 1771, contains highly
interesting information respecting the youthful habits and
already vast intellectual pre-eminence of this memorable
statesman:--`It gives me great pain to hear that Charles begins
to be unreasonably impatient at losing. I fear it is the
prologue to much fretfulness of temper, for disappointment in
raising money, and any serious reflections upon his
situation, will (in spite of his affected spirits and
dissipation) occasion him many disagreeable moments.' Lord
Carlisle's fears proved groundless in this respect. As before
stated, Fox was always remarkable for his sweetness of temper,
which remained with him to the last; but it is most painful to
think how much mankind has lost through his recklessness.
Gibbon writes to Lord Sheffield in 1773, `You know Lord Holland
is paying Charles Fox's debts. They amount to L140,000.'[125]
[125] Timbs, _Club Life in London_.
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