He was active, energetic, prompt indeed, ready in speech, faithful in the observance of his engagements, brave, liberal he had more foresight and more self-contro than most Asiatics; he knew how to deal with different classes of men; he had a great power of inspiring affection and retaining it; he was free from the folly of national prejudice, and could appreciate as they deserved both the character and the institutions of foreigners.
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