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What is said of
the man's personal character
is a very wonderful thing to
be so true. As to that I have heard many authentic anecdotes and can report two small [??} from my own experience.

I was in London in 1871
a young man
more obscure if possible than I now am. Spencer
heard of my being there and, being on the
board of Athenaeum Club, set me down
as one of the twelve non-members who
are admitted at one time.
There was no possible motive for his doing this except his desire to encourage a sincere inquirer.
I thus came to meet him daily during that