"He (_The Man You Know_) is one upon whom responsibility rests gracefully
and lightly, who accomplishes great things without apparent effort, and
whose personal influence smoothes the daily friction of official life. He
rules with a gentler sway than many who are accustomed to other methods
of command would believe possible. He believes in Emerson's maxim that
if you deal nobly with men they will act nobly, and his habit towards
everyone around him, and its success, lends force to the genial truth of
the American philosopher."
CHAPTER XI.
THE RAILWAY JUBILEE, AND GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN OFFICERS AND CLERKS
The 27th day of September, 1875, was the Jubilee of the British Railway
System. It was celebrated by a banquet given by the North-Eastern
Railway Company at Darlington, for the Stockton and Darlington section of
the North-Eastern was, as I have mentioned before, the first public
railway. A thousand guests were invited. No building in Darlington
could accommodate such a number, and a great marquee, large enough to
dine a thousand people, was obtained from London. My chief attended the
banquet and I remained at home to hear the news when he returned.
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