results was, in my judgement, the principal obstacle to the success of 

 his pohcies. 



While President Wilson had his share of human nature, he was far 

 from being the cold, unemotional egoist which his enemies, academic 

 and personal, have supposed him to be. He had a very inaccurate mem- 

 ory in matters of current business and was accused of untruthfulness, 

 when he simply forgot some arrangement. Knowing that he could not 

 trust his memory, he wished to have all business transactions in writ- 

 ing, so far as that was possible. Another habit, which led some of his 

 enemies to call him disingenuous, was his constant endeavour to keep 

 a debated subject free from personal considerations and he would ex- 

 plain his actions by reasons which, though perfectly true, were not 

 always the principal ones, if these were personal. At the height of the 

 controversies which embittered his last years at Princeton, he said to 

 me: "We don't want to vote Soandso down," mentioning one of his 

 principal opponents and, in fact, he never wished to vote any one 

 down, but always, if possible, to find some common meeting ground by 

 discussion. 



When everything is said that can fairly be alleged against President 

 Wilson of Princeton, it is all as nothing in comparison with his great 

 services. In my judgement, his most important and lasting achievement 

 was the complete revolution in atmosphere and spirit which he brought 

 about and which generated an enthusiasm in Faculty and students alike 

 which raised the whole tone of the place. I fancy that it was much like 

 the change which occurred when Dr. McCosh succeeded Dr. McLean, 

 only greater in amount. Mr. Wilson's enemies, who are fond of declar- 

 ing that his administration at Princeton was a failure, ignore this revo- 

 lution, which only those who were on the ground can appreciate. The 

 bitterest of those enemies were, for the most part, people who would 

 not be sensitive to so intangible a change. 



After my return from South America, I began the Patagonian work 

 in earnest, both as editor and pubUsher, on the one hand, and as a 

 contributor, on the other. A great lot of drudgery was involved in this 

 work, photographing, proof-reading, indexing, etc., and though I some- 

 times wearied of the mechanical labour, such weariness was short-lived 

 and, on the whole, I enjoyed the work intensely. It was my duty to see 

 that the volumes should, in all respects, be equal to the beautiful re- 

 sults which Werner and Winter were giving us for the plates and the 

 New Era Company for the text. This labour was made all the more 

 necessary, as few of the contributors were good proof-readers who could 



