Henry Watterson: “If ever a man needed a strong friendly hand and heart to lean upon he did during those dark days—the end in darkest…”

But he can hardly be called a sentimentalist, as Greeley was, and there is nothing but sentiment—gush and gammon—in the proposed League of Nations.

Too many churches—or, shall I say, church fabrics—breeding controversy where there should be agreement, each sect and subdivision fighting phantoms of its fancy.

Religion’s the only game whar you can’t lose.

In short he was an opportunist void of conviction and indifferent to consistency.