Alas! I wonder if he quite knows himself.

Temperamentally very shy, having lived too much alone and far too much with women (how I wish two of his daughters were sons!) this Big Thing having descended on him before he knew or was quite prepared for it, thrust into a whirl of self-seeking men even while he is trying to think out the theory of the duties that press, knowing the necessity of silence, surrounded by small people--well, I made up my mind that his real friends owed it to him and to what we all hope for, to break over his reserve and to volunteer help.

He asks for conferences with official folk--only, I think.

So I began to write memoranda about those subjects of government about which I know something and have opinions and about men who are or who may be related to them.

It has been great sport to set down in words without any reserve precisely what you think.