PAUL CASPAR FREER, HIS INFLUENCE UPON OTHER MEN. 
By Charles H. Brent, 
Bishop of the Philippine Islands 
There are two distinct, though not mutually exclusive, types 
of influence exerted by men upon their fellows : that which is let 
loose by conscious volition, and that which is automatically given 
off by inherent virility, just as perfume is exhaled by the flower. 
The former focuses certain powers to achieve a given end and 
then relaxes, like the fitful spouting of a geyser; the latter is 
a milder though more consistent flow, like the bubbling of a 
perennial spring: the former aims at, and succeeds in making, 
an impi'ession ; the latter naturally and simply creates an 
atmosphere. 
Both types of influence are necessary and valuable, but of the 
two the most potent and constant is that unconscious pressure 
of the whole personality which was characteristic of Paul 
Caspar Freer. If, on occasions, he could effectively impress a 
companion in accord with deflnite determination, it was because 
he possessed the consistent background of cultured manhood. 
It is chiefly men with an imperfect education who find it 
necessary to be vociferous and theatrical in their efforts to in- 
fluence others. They fret and scheme, and are never wholly 
themselves. But the man who is highly educated, that is to 
say, who, like Doctor Freer, has established many points of 
contact with nature, animate and inanimate, enjoys a repose 
which in itself is power. His composure was, doubtless, some- 
times disturbed, else he would have been less than a man, but 
ordinarily he left you with the feeling that life was too good 
to allow of haste, too safe to justify panic, too sacred to tolerate 
scheming. 
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