a searching and analytical mind; "possessing a face and
figure of striking beauty and manly grace; he had a stub
born will and was moved, upon occasion, to outbursts of
appalling wrath;—in a word, a man fitted in every way to
win and use the world." It seems peculiar that a man of
his gifts should seek seclusion, in which he seems to have
been comparatively happy. Julian Hawthorne, his biog
rapher, has given a glowing description of his personal ap
pearance in these words:—
"He was the handsomest young man of his day, in that
part of the world. Such is the report of those who knew
him. He was five feet ten and a half inches in height,
broad shouldered but of light athletic build, not weighing
more than one hundred and fifty pounds. His limbs were
beautifully formed and the moulding of his neck and throat
was as fine as anything in antique sculpture. His hair,
which had a long, curving wave in it, approached blackness
in color; his head was large and grandly developed; his eye
brows Were dark and heavy, with a superb arch and space
beneath. His nose was straight but the contour of his chin
was Roman. He never wore a beard, and was without a.
mustache until his fifty-fifth year. His eyes were large,
dark blue, brilliant and full of varied expression. Bayard
Taylor used to say that they were the only eyes he had ever
known flash fire. His hands were large and muscular. His
voice, which was low and deep in ordinary conversation, had
astonishing volume when he chose to give full vent to it;
with such a voice, and such eyes and presence, he might have
quelled a crew of mutinous privateersmen at least as effect
ively as "Bold Daniel," his grandfather; it was not a bellow,
but had the searching and electrifying quality of the blast
flawlkorne's Early 14(e.