. Lewis Atterbury Stimson . ss on hisfriend and colleague. Dr. Alfred L. Loomis, andin so doing have been impressed anew with thefact that in this careful picture of his friend has left an unconscious portrayal ofhis own character, ideals, and standards. Hisanalysis is so penetrating, and his statement soclear, that I shall quote at length certain passagesfrom the Memorial to Dr. Loomis in which thelikeness to his own self will be readily traced. A definite purpose to inspire him, an alertintelligence to guide, a tireless activity to execute,a will that never wavered, and a kindly,
. Lewis Atterbury Stimson . ss on hisfriend and colleague. Dr. Alfred L. Loomis, andin so doing have been impressed anew with thefact that in this careful picture of his friend has left an unconscious portrayal ofhis own character, ideals, and standards. Hisanalysis is so penetrating, and his statement soclear, that I shall quote at length certain passagesfrom the Memorial to Dr. Loomis in which thelikeness to his own self will be readily traced. A definite purpose to inspire him, an alertintelligence to guide, a tireless activity to execute,a will that never wavered, and a kindly, generousheart—such were the factors that brought success. His character was further marked by greatpracticality and directness. He was not, how-ever, simply a fine executive, one whose highestefficiency is found in carrying out the ideas ofothers. On the contrary, he was essentially aman of ideas, a man who did his own he was not an idealogue, not a sophist, notone to spend his time in idle contemplation, nor. 1S61 LEWIS ATTERBURY STIMSON 15 one to waste efforts along lines that could lead tono definite result. While he may have had butlittle of that quality which was esteemed amongthe highest virtues by the old moralists, thepassionless wisdom {2wq>poavvri) of the philosophicGreek, the Temperantia of Cicero, the Moderationof St. Paul, he was wholly free from that otherwhich so often masquerades in its form, whichhides mental and moral irresolution and weaknessunder the cloak of deliberation, the quality which,when unbalanced by strong practicality andresolute will, keeps a man so alive to the forceof what can be said in favor of the other side thata clean-cut, strongly held decision becomes animpossibility for him, and which finally lands himas a leader in the quagmire of impotent compro-mise. Of that quality he had nothing. Hisconvictions were clear and strongly held, andwhen the time came he never hesitated to expressthem uncompromisingly and never flinched
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