Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Wealth, said Gladstone, is the business of the world; and when he added, the enormous power which it possesses has been used on the whole well, we cannot doubt that he had in his mind this great millionaire for whom be frequently expressed a warm regard, and whose Gospel of Wealth he reviewed in the glowing terms which are quoted in these pages.