Seymour, Latrobe, and the others canted their seats to face the speaker squarely.

All felt that Kennedy's tact had saved the situation and restored the equilibrium.

It was the poet now who stood before them--the man of genius--the man whose name was known the country through.

That he was drunk was only part of the performance.
Booth had been drunk when he chased a super from the stage; Webster made his best speeches when he was half-seas-over--was making them at that very moment.

It was so with many other men of genius the world over.