In this direction nature could do no more.

The mere look of the man and the sound of his voice made all who saw and heard him feel that he must be the embodiment of wisdom, dignity, and strength, divinely eloquent, even if he sat in dreamy silence or uttered nothing but heavy commonplaces.
It is commonly said that no one of the many pictures of Mr.Webster gives a true idea of what he was.

We can readily believe this when we read the descriptions which have come down to us.

That indefinable quality which we call personal magnetism, the power of impressing by one's personality every human being who comes near, was at its height in Mr.Webster.He never, for instance, punished his children, but when they did wrong he would send for them and look at them silently.

The look, whether of anger or sorrow, was punishment and rebuke enough.