The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-10-24
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face. and his conversation was even,
though it was merry often and full of
Jest. 1t was always to the point, and
his jokes-and he had great many of
them-and his humorous illustrations
were always to the point, they threw
light on the problem which was being
discussed. His sympathy, it seemed to
me, was inexhaustible, it was broad
enough for all demands, for the great
est successes of his friends and for
their greatest adversities. His com
pany was full of good cheer, all who
knew him know how welcome he was
as a guest, as a member Of party,
or a dinner party, or any festive occa-
sion. How his reminiscent mood held
hearers without fatigue. He never
was bore. / think that was due not
only to his magnetism, but to his sym
patty. He looked at the world as
humanitarian. People spoke of him
as a pessimist, and if he was some
what given to pessimism it was due
to his enthusiastic devotion to the
cause of humanity. Society moved too
slow for him sometimes and gave him
that expression of pessimism. He
was impatient of the progress of hui
manity, but he wac never discouraged,
he was never downcast or depressed,
he was always hopeful and every en-
terprise which promised anything for
the advancement of humanity always
found in him man ready to give his
time and his efforts and his thoughts
to it.
L did not know him so we'll as a
lawyer as / did as man and as a
friend. When / was very small
child at Punahou he was going to
school there. | think he was thirteen
years old when he left for the United
States and l was about three or four
and / was so young at that time that
the fact that / remember him so dis
tinctly think is evidence of his mag
netic influence on everyone that he
came across At that time 1 remem-
Der well he organized the boys of the
school. The school was made up of
pretty small boys at the time and he
organized them into marching compa-
MES and drilled them.
This merry quality with which he
took life think has made some to feel
that he took life, as Mr.. Smith says,
not very seriously, but it was not so;
those who knew him well know that he
did not take life in a trivial way. 1t
was not levity in his disposition
which caused his merry expression, ii
was rather his challenge to fate, II
was his manner of defiance to an adj
verse destiny and of good cheer to his
friends. Sometimes it was even a gay
cloak with which he hid an aching
heart, and this philosophy of his-this
merriment with which he met the
world was very predominant feature
of his character and one which has
impressed me and done me good
through all my acquaintance with him
That kind of philosophy is something
/ believe in, that a man will not allow
himself to be cast down whatever
may happen to him. He did grea
deeds ana did not talk about them
. and he suffered great reverses ant
made no complaint. / admire hin
most intensely for these qualities.
He was public-spirited man, MAJ
of large charity, man who was de
voted to the interests of this country
the land of his birth, always wanting
to come back here, wishing to lay hi
bones here, having sentimental ant
romantic feeling in regard to thi
country.
He came down here when polite
were exciting and uncertain and CAV
large part of his time without an,
engagement when he could i'll afford il
to assisting the rulers by his advice
and his study of the questions whicl
were coming up SO numerously at tina
time.
In his private life it is not easy 70
me to speak of my relations with him
/ feel that to me his place can not b
filed, but his memory will always b
to me a memory which is inspirin
and helpful to me.