"حياة ومراسلات اللواء السير جون مالكوم، قائد فرسان وسام الطُهر، المبعوث السابق إلى بلاد فارس وحاكم بومباي؛ من رسائل ومذكرات غير منشورة. في مجلّدين. المجلد II." [‎٥‎٨‎٠] (٦٥٤/٥٩٧)

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tion of the Company's commercial privileges, which he
confidently believed must be the precursor of the aboli
tion of the Company itself. Malcolm never spared him
self so long as there was a chance of his labors being
useful to his country ; but, at the age of sixty-three, after
half a century of public service, it was not possible that
he should toil thus unremittingly, often, after a day of
unbroken labor, sitting some hours beyond midnight in
the House of Commons, without serious detriment to his
constitution. He erred greatly in not bearing in mind
that a man may often serve his country better by hus
banding his energies than by exhausting them in incessant
action. Had he treated himself as well and as wisely as
he treated his horses, there might have been twenty years
of good service still remaining for him. But he never
put himself out to grass, and was therefore, at this time,
wearing himself rapidly into the grave.
It was unfortunate in every way for Sir John Mal
colm that a seat in Parliament had been so readily pro
vided for him on his return from India. As the days,
however, of the Launceston franchise were then num
bered, the evil might appear to have been one of limited
duration. But not only was it in full force at the time
when Malcolm most needed rest, but it was of a nature
not to be bounded by such adventitious circumstances.
Few men who have sate in the House of Commons—
who have enjoyed the privileges of what, apart from
everything else, is the most distinguished and the most
attractive club in the world—look forward with any
complacency to the day of their exclusion from it. There
is a pleasant excitement in this kind of life which men
will not willingly forego. Sir John Malcolm often spoke
at this period of the content with which he could, at any
time, retire to the groves of Warfield, and end his days in
tranquil retirement; but, like most men who have spent