He is at his best in conversation with men whom he likes.
His activity is enormous, but it is the activity of the scholar.

He works far into the night, takes little or no exercise, and avoids "that dance of mimes"-- the life of society.

By hard reading he keeps himself abreast of knowledge in almost every one of its multitudinous departments and will go a long journey to hear a scientific lecture or to take part in a philosophical discussion.

He is the friend of philosophers, theologians, men of science, men of letters, and many a humble working man.

He was never privately deserted in the long months of his martyrdom.