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On his mental side, he was a typical academic product Normally his

conversation, both in subject-matter and in verbal form, bore towards

pedantry It was one curious effect of this crisis that he had reverted

to the crisp Anglo-Saxon of his farm-nurtured youth

On his moral side, he was a typical reformer, a man of impeccable

private character, solitary, a little austere He had never ht the co about

the on his life than the fourth

dimension

On his physical side he was a wonder

Six feet four in height, two hundred and fifty pounds in weight, he

looked the viking He had carried to the verge of e the habits

of an athletic youth It was said that half his popularity in his

university world was due to the respect he commanded fro and lifting He was

ied, rusty

beard left uncovered was regularly if coldly featured He was ascetic in

type Moreover, the look of the born disciplinarian lay on hih his thick mustache, the lines

of his mouth showed iron