The expression of the country's appreciation of the character of her
late Majesty has been done grandly and well. Statesmen on both
political sides have told of their experience of her, not merely their
opinion, but the result of the interviews they have had with her. All
classes have borne testimony to her goodness and greatness. We, as
humble subjects of Her Majesty, knew her sympathetic qualities.
Everybody present has benefitted in some way directly or indirectly
through her. I think of the line which says--"One touch of nature
makes the whole world kin." It was the touch of nature in her
character, and her sympathizing feelings, which have made the whole of
the civilized world, and much of the uncivilized world, mourn on this
occasion.
_Monmouthshire County Council,
February 6th, 1901._