 | Charles Sumner - 1870 - 554 sayfa
...enabled him to overcome the native childlike diffidence which made him shrink from public display. He developed his views with clearness and an invariable...press them home by energy of manner, or any of the arts of eloquence. athlete, snuffing new vigor in the atmosphere of the bar, and regarding success... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1870 - 556 sayfa
...enabled him to overcome the native childlike diffidence which made him shrink from public display. He developed his views with clearness and an invariable...press them home by energy of manner, or any of the arts of eloquence. His mind was rather judicial than forensic in cast. He was better able to discern... | |
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... were marked by peculiar care ; his brief was very elaborate. On questions of law he was learned and profound, but his manner in court was excelled by his matter. The experience of his long life never enabled him to overcome the native, childlike diffidence... 