text:  There could be no wiser use of his leisure; exercise of the frame is health of the mind open air is life to the student change of scene is mental vigour to an enquiring active and eager spirit; and thus the feeble boy invigorated himself for the most strenuous labours of the man and laid the foundation for a career of eminent usefulness and public honour for nearly half a century of the most stirring period of the modern world