But he is greater as a writer than as a person.

There are men who never wrote a line, but whose influence is deeper and more extensive than that of others who have written heavy tomes.
"It is too late for Brownson to give himself to contemplation and interior recollection.

He is a controversialist; a doctor.

The last he will be before long.

Some have wondered why I should have contracted such a friendship for one whom they imagine to be so harsh and dictatorial.