Thomas Babington Macaulay

“ One of the very few good stories current of him is the following. It is said that he met Mrs. Beecher Stowe at Sir Charles Trevelyan’s, and rallied her on her admiration of Shakspeare. “Which of his characters do you like best?” said he.—“Desdemona,” said the lady.—“Ah, of course,” was the reply, “for she was the only one who ran after a black man.”
Lord Macaulay’s Memory.—The late Lord Macaulay’s memory was perfectly astounding. At a friend’s house, not very many months ago, he was quoting in rapid succession long passages from the ballads of the northern counties of England. ”