# Endnotes explained — Eminent Victorians

> Chapter companion for Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey.

## What happens

The endnotes provide citations and references for the preceding chapters, including a biblical quotation and a note on the disputed authenticity of a diary mentioned in the book.

## Character check-ins

### Li Hung Chang

Referenced in a note about the disputed authenticity of a diary in Mr. J. O. P. Bland's book.

## Key lines

> The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.

The spirit moves unpredictably, like the wind, and cannot be traced or controlled.

_Biblical quotation from John 3:8, used as an epigraph or thematic reference._

> The authenticity of the diary contained in this book has been disputed, notably by Mr. J. O. P. Bland in his Li Hung Chang . (Constable, 1917.)

Some scholars, especially J. O. P. Bland, have questioned whether the diary quoted in this book is genuine.

_Acknowledges scholarly debate over the source material._

## Links

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