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I had nothing in my favour to balance this, but a sort of constitutional equanimity and imperturbableness of temper, which, if I was at any time silenced, made me not look like a captive to be dragged at the chariot-wheels of my adversary. All this however had a tendency to subtract from my vocation as a missionary.
I do not mean that those have most influence who use their powers sparingly, but that a certain degree of mental repose or what may possibly be called imperturbableness is necessary to influence. Mrs. Flutter Budget always talks in a hurry, and talks of a thousand things, and is easily excited.
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