All was a mystery to him, but a stranger not understanding the circumstances would have imagined that the proceedings going on before him were a part of his daily life.
"The man positively did not move a limb, shut an eye or twitch a muscle during the entire hour he sat in the Senate chamber.

Nor did he betray the faintest evidence of self-consciousness or emotion, and as I thought of the dingy office over the livery stable but three years before he struck me as a remarkable illustration of the possibilities of American citizenship.
"But the most marvelous exhibition of the man's nerve and of the absolute confidence he has in himself was yet to come.

After the proceedings in the Senate chamber Cleveland was conducted to the east end of the Capitol to take the oath of office and deliver his inaugural address.

He wore a close buttoned Prince Albert coat, and between the buttons he thrust his right hand, while his left he carried behind him.
In this position he stood until the applause which greeted him had subsided, when he began his address.
"I looked for him to produce a manuscript, but he did not, and as he progressed in clear and distinct tones, without hesitation, I was amazed.

With sixty millions of people, yes, with the entire civilized world looking on, this man had the courage to deliver an inaugural address making him President of the United States as coolly and as unconcernedly as if he were addressing a ward meeting.