Upon no phase of it would he listen to compromise.
Any man who was truly anti-slavery was his friend.

Whoever espoused the cause and proved faithless in never so small a degree, became his enemy, inevitably and irreconcilably.

Towards his own race he seemed often to be misanthropic.

He was learned in the law, and for a third of a century had held high rank at the bar of a State distinguished for great lawyers.

He was disposed to be taciturn.
A brilliant talker, he did not relish idle and aimless conversation.
He was much given to reading, study, and reflection, and to the retirement which enabled him to gratify his tastes.