He knew everybody.
Ordinarily he needed to meet a man but once to recognize him ever after.

And this pleases men; it appeals to their self-appreciation; they feel that they have made a permanent impression.

Especially is this a power among a people who look up to the missionary as occupying a higher plane of civilization.

It gives him a vast influence over them.
"2.

Partly as the result of this, but still distinct and beyond it, he had a marvelous faculty of making every man feel that he was especially an object of personal interest.