Yet, God knows, I have a keen sympathy for it.

I've seen some of 'em displaced; some of 'em lie down; some of 'em die.
As I've got closer and closer to big men, as a rule they shrink up.
They are very much like the rest of us--many of 'em more so.

Human nature is stripped in these times of most of its disguises, and men have to stand and be judged as a rule by their real qualities.
Among all the men in high place here, Sir Edward Grey stands out in my mind bigger, not smaller, than he stood in the beginning.

He's a square, honourable gentleman, if there is one in this world.

And it is he, of course, with whom I have had all my troubles.