On all possible occasions he used the language of Pericles in his conversation; and even carried this preference so far as to write his business memoranda in Greek.

He was above all else a scholar, then a lawyer, and somewhat incidentally the central figure in the telephone world.
But it was of tremendous value to the telephone business at that time to have at its head a man of Hudson's intellectual and moral calibre.
He gave it tone and prestige.

He built up its credit.

He kept it clean and clear above all suspicion of wrong-doing.

He held fast whatever had been gained.