He died soon after.
No man among his contemporaries had made so profound an impression in so short a time.

He was a very strong debater.

He had peers, but no master, in the Senate.

Mr.Green on the one side and Mr.
Fessenden on the other were the senators whom Douglas most disliked to meet, and who were the best fitted in readiness, in accuracy, in logic, to meet him.

Douglas rarely had a debate with either in which he did not lose his temper, and to lose one's temper in debate is generally to lose one's cause.