[Lord Acton’s character] is of the first order, and he is one of the most learned and accomplished, though one of the most modest and unassuming, men of the day.

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[Lord Acton’s character] is of the first order, and he is one of the most learned and accomplished, though one of the most modest and unassuming, men of the day.

William Ewart Gladstone to Queen Victoria (11 August 1869), quoted in John Morley, The Life of William Ewart Gladstone: Volume II (1903), p. 430 and Roland Hill, Lord Acton (1999), p. 192