As chairman, I never expect to see his equal.

He had the most perfect public manners of any man I have known, whether in dealing with some vast assembly or small confidential gathering.

The latter type of meeting is the more difficult to handle, and nothing could exceed his gift for presiding over and guiding debate.

He could set out a political situation to his party with extraordinary force and lucidity.

He could also, when he chose, so present an issue as to suggest almost irresistibly the conclusion which he desired--and this was how he led.