He was not only a faithful counsellor of perfect loyalty, in whom truth was a religion and an instinct, but he was a counsellor whose experience of mankind and of public life united with aptitude for affairs in giving to what he said added value.
Sumner describes a loyal advisor whose truthfulness and experience add significant value to his counsel.
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