But he isn't a liar nor a coward nor any sort of "a yellow dog." He's true, and he never runs--a possible hero any day, and, when heroic, modest and quiet and graceful.

The trouble with him has been that he got great world power too easily.

In the times when he exploited the world for his own enrichment, there were no other successful exploiters.

It became an easy game to him.

He organized sea traffic and sea power.