We who really live in it are chiefly interested in what a man is and is likely _to be_, not in what he _was_.

Doctor Franklin would not hesitate to tell you that his youth was not all it should have been.

He does not conceal his errors.

There is no more honest gentleman in the wide world than Doctor Franklin." Mr.Adams had spoken with feeling and a look of indignation in his eyes.

He was a frank, fearless character.