He loved outdoor life.

He was a keen sportsman and skilful fisherman.

In all these ways he was healthy and manly, without any tinge of the mere student or public official.

He loved everything that was large.
His soul expanded in the free air and beneath the blue sky.

All natural scenery appealed to him,--Niagara, the mountains, the rolling prairie, the great rivers,--but he found most contentment beside the limitless sea, amid brown marshes and sand-dunes, where the sense of infinite space is strongest.