He doubted whether his strength would be adequate to bear the strain of the arduous task which obviously lay before the new commission, and Mrs.Denby desired to remain in the United States where she could be near her children from whom she had been long separated, so her husband felt constrained to say that he did not wish to return to the Philippines.
I separated from him with the keenest regret.

He was an amiable, tactful man of commanding ability and unimpeachable integrity, actuated by the best of motives and loyal to the highest ideals.

He constantly sought to avoid not only evil but the appearance of evil.

I count it one of the great privileges of my life to have been associated with him.

The one thing in the book written by James H.Blount which aroused my ire was his characterization of Colonel Denby as a hypocrite.