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 



