HIS PERSONALITY 
but 1 venture to say no man in public or 
private life has arisen who holds so high a 
place in the affection of his neighbors and 
fellow townsmen as this man, whom they have 
come to regard as the incarnation of the 
highest and best in human life. Whoso holds 
this praise too high shall but stay some days 
in the fair little city of Santa Rosa, a very 
bower of roses in a valley of beauty set in 
the midst of the emerald hills, and from day 
to day make search for one who shall be 
out of harmony with these words. Or whoso 
wishes to know how deeply he impresses 
those who see him but for an hour or a day, 
by the sincerity of his speech and the win- 
someness of his welcome, let him search 
among the tens of thousands who have paid 
him call, be they high of rank or humble, 
and see if he may find one among them 
who does not say: 
‘*He was a man, take him for all in all, 
I shall not look upon his like again.” 
So insistent are the demands of his work,— 
for there is no time in the year when some 
test is not in progress requiring immediate 
and personal attention,—his vacations are few 
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