It wasn't every one who could rhyme "brave" and "glaive," and make sense out of it.

Sure not.
But Presley's case was a notable exception.

On no occasion was Annixter prepared to accept another man's opinion without reserve.
In conversation with him, it was almost impossible to make any direct statement, however trivial, that he would accept without either modification or open contradiction.

He had a passion for violent discussion.

He would argue upon every subject in the range of human knowledge, from astronomy to the tariff, from the doctrine of predestination to the height of a horse.