But under his great strength was a woman's gentleness; under the dirty, ragged clothes and the rough, brown skin grimy with dust and perspiration, was one of the cleanest souls that ever came to this world.

I don't mean that he was like a minister.

He could tell a story with pretty rough talk in it but always for a purpose.

He hated dirt on the hands or on the tongue.

If another man had a trouble Abe took hold of it with him.