He was in truth a strong man, who, sufficiently mindful of his limitations in the beginning, grew by unexampled and continued success overconfident and overconscious in his own conceit.

He had a real desire to serve the country.

But he was apt to think that he alone could effectively serve it.

In one of our spats I remember saying to him, "You seem, Mr.President, to think you are the only pebble on the beach--the one honest and brave man in the party--hut let me assure you of my own knowledge that there are others." His answer was, "Oh, you go to -- --!" He split his party wide open.

The ostensible cause was the money issue.
But, underlying this, there was a deal of personal embitterment.