His courage and honesty were beyond question; his technique was perfect; but his mind was not, perhaps, sufficiently pliable or fertile in ideas to adapt itself readily to the conditions which between 1914 and 1918 had upset every kind of preconceived ideas of the desk and paper man, such as he really was.
Kanyang loob at katapatan ay lampas sa tanong; kanyang pamamaraan ay perpekto; ngunit ang kanyang isip ay hindi, marahil, sapat sunud-sunuran o mayaman sa mga ideya upang umangkop sa sarili raka sa mga kondisyon na kung saan sa pagitan ng 1914 at 1918 ay mapataob ang bawat uri ng preconceived ideya ng mesa at papel man, tulad ng siya ay tunay.