Henry Cabot Lodge: “No man of that time, with the exception of Hamilton, ever grasped and realized as he did the imperial future which…”

But his own personal ideals he never attempted to thrust upon the world until the day came when they were to be translated into realities of action.

He was also--and this is very revealing and explanatory, too, of his vast popularity--a man of ideals.

He preached unceasingly the familiar morals which lie at the bottom of both family and public life.

So Valiant-for-Truth passed over and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.