He gave Mr.Webster his friendship, staunch and unvarying, until his death; he gave freely also of his wisdom and experience in advice and counsel.

Best of all was the opportunity of instruction and discipline which Mr.Webster gained by repeated contests with such a man.

The strong qualities of Mr.Webster's mind rapidly developed by constant practice and under such influences.

He showed more and more in every case his wonderful instinct for seizing on the very heart of a question, and for extricating the essential points from the midst of confused details and clashing arguments.

He displayed, too, more strongly every day his capacity for close, logical reasoning and for telling retort, backed by a passion and energy none the less effective from being but slowly called into activity.